Chapter 874 859. Fragrant Sweet Potato Wine (5/5)

Chapter 874 859. The Fragrance of Sweet Potato Wine (55)

Wang Bo led a group of people to start brewing fine wine. Atulu was indeed more expert. He first asked, "Boss, have you fermented sweet potatoes? Don't tell me that everyone is here to ferment sweet potatoes today."

"Uh, do you want to ferment sweet potatoes in advance?" Wang Bo asked modestly.

Atulu showed the expression of what the hell you are talking about: "How to make wine without fermentation? Do you want to distill it directly? The distilled is sweet potato water, not sweet potato wine!"

That Qingyang waved his hand and said: "Don't ask the boss, he doesn't know, I prepared these things, I also prepared the fermented sweet potatoes, they are all in the warehouse in the outer court."

Wang Bo asked in surprise, "When did you prepare?"

"After I asked you where the sweet potato reserves are, I started to prepare them." Qingyang smiled.

"How do you do this?" Wang Bo was quite interested in this.

Na Qingyang introduced: "It's quite simple. Cut the sweet potatoes and dry them, then steam them and mix them with koji. The last one is to add koji. But New Zealand doesn't have koji. They have baking powder, which is sold in the supermarket. You can buy it." .”

"There's so much baking powder, it's a loophole in the government," Harney said.

New Zealand has strict control over spirits. Many people will brew their own baijiu, and fermentation powder is needed for wine making, so this product is very popular in New Zealand.

After fermentation, the starch in the sweet potato juice has been converted into alcohol, and now as long as it is distilled, it is sweet potato wine.

Na Qingyang said that this process is called cooking and steaming. Put the fermented sweet potato material into the steaming barrel, add water and cook it.

Wang Bo said that he didn't see that you still have such skills, but Qingyang laughed and said that his grandfather specialized in doing this in his hometown, and their family had a winery that sold sorghum wine, sweet potato wine, corn wine and so on.

When he reached the outer court, Qingyang carried out the sealed wooden barrels one by one.

Seeing that his head was full of veins, Atulu went up and raised one hand, and said relaxedly: "It's very light, why are you showing that look?"

After finishing speaking, he laughed.

Lao Wang went up to carry one in each hand, and picked up two wooden barrels at the same time, saying: "It's really light, Atulu, come and learn from me."

The big Maori man stopped talking, and walked towards the kitchen in desperation.

Hani smiled and said, "Boss, you are such a villain. If you don't give up a chance to establish your prestige, you are like a gangster."

"Change that sentence of yours, you can call me a tyrant." Old Wang pretended to shudder, "You are such a villain" is usually said between lovers.

There is a stove in the kitchen. Caucasians are not born to use gas stoves. They also have earthen stoves, but they are not like the big pots in China, but flat, with steamers stacked on top of them for steaming bread.

There are multiple kitchens in the castle, and Wang Bo now uses the main kitchen. In the past, there were many people in these families, and the kitchen had an area of ​​four to five hundred square meters, like a playground.

He was not used to the empty kitchen before, but now he is used to such a large area, and he is not used to it when he returns to the small kitchen.

However, he converted a corner of the kitchen into Eva's bakery, with various bread baking machines, ovens, etc., which took up an area of ​​hundreds of square meters, so the kitchen seemed less empty.

The stove has never been used. There are not many people in the castle, and such a big stove is not needed for cooking big pot meals.

This time it can be used to distill sweet potato wine, Qingyang said: "It's a pity that there is no clay pot from my hometown, that would be the most suitable. This stove is big, so the distillation speed may not be very fast."

Wang Bo put the wooden box he brought on it and found that the size was just right. He was surprised: "Are there different sizes and standards for this thing sold online?"

Qingyang shrugged and said, "Oh, I didn't buy this online, but the pot. I asked Dayan to help me make it by hand. I measured the size."

Wang Bo suddenly felt that it would be nice to have an excellent carpenter in the town.

First of all, put the pot, because the stove is flat, you can only support the pot, put firewood under it, but it can be used.

Qingyang and Atulu were busy cleaning the pot, while Wang Bo looked at the wooden box.

From the outside, it looks like an ordinary wooden box, but when you look inside the box, you will find a difference.

The lid of the wooden box is independent and can be moved at will. The bottom of the box is made of two wooden boards. A groove is formed at the joint of the wooden boards, and a half-cut bamboo tube is buckled on the groove.

"What's this for?" he asked curiously.

Atulu leaned over to have a look, shook his head and said, "I don't understand."

Qingyang said: "This is the way of our hometown. I made the blueprint after asking my grandfather for advice. In the past, farmers would wrap fermented sweet potatoes in boxes, and then use the lid to press down. The wine will flow into the groove along the seam, and then flow out of the box, and you can get sweet potato wine."

Harney exclaimed: "Amazing intelligence!"

Wang Bo pursed his lips. He knew that this was just a routine compliment. China's development in modern times is really lackluster. What is more famous in the world is ancient history and ancient inventions.

Therefore, when you mention some ancient Chinese inventions with Chinese people, New Zealanders will praise you for their wisdom and fantastic ideas.

After the sweet potatoes are fermented, they have a strong smell of wine after being poured into the iron pot. In addition, they also have a sour aroma. The two flavors have not blended together, and the taste is not very good.

Seeing Wang Bo frowning, Qingyang laughed and said, "It smells like this after fermentation. In fact, it's already pretty good, with a bit of fragrance. Otherwise, that sour smell can really teach you how to behave."

Light a fire, and under the action of a hair dryer, the fire quickly burns blazingly.

A piece of firewood was thrown in, and after only ten minutes, steam filled the air.

The steam carries the aroma of wine, which will cause waste, but it is inevitable, and alcohol evaporates much faster than water.

However, more wine trickled out slowly along the bamboo tube.

There is a layer of ice cubes inside the bamboo tube, which can cool the wine into wine.

Wang Bo asked, "Won't this dilute the wine?"

Qing Yang shook his head and said: "Sweet potato wine has a relatively low alcohol content, so it tastes better, and they are not strong wine."

The sweet potato wine that flows out is light yellow in color, a little cloudy, very similar to puree beer.

Eva came to the kitchen for routine baking, smelled the smell of wine and asked with a smile, "Are you making wine?"

At this time, there is already a small barrel of sweet potato wine dripping out, about five or six hundred milliliters.

Atulu poured it out, poured a glass for Eva first and said, "Miss Boss, come and taste it, I bet, this is definitely the best sweet potato wine you've ever had!"

"Then I won't be polite." Eva smiled lightly. She took the crystal glass and took a sip. Her red lips brushed across the glass, showing her own style.