The Rise of the European Emperor

Next, Marin tested the brothers' cooking skills. In the end, it was found that although the cooking skills of the two brothers were not bad, they were definitely not excellent. At such a level, it is difficult to get into the French royal palace and cook exclusively for the French queen.

Therefore, Marin, the two knives, intends to give the brothers a special cooking training. In order to strengthen the cooking skills of the brothers, Malin specially borrowed the best chef specially used by the Pope from his father-in-law Julius II to teach the brothers the practice of authentic Italian cuisine and teach them some unique skills.

The main types of Italian dishes are pasta, pizza and fried steak, of course, there are also some beef liver practices, as well as cheese and black mushrooms.

When Catherine of the Medici family married Henry II, they mainly brought these Italian dishes, which became the basis of the famous French meal of later generations.

That is, France now has no fried steak, no foie gras, and no way to eat truffles...

The black fungus above mainly refers to the black truffle in the truffle...

Marin didn't interrupt, but watched as Julius II's royal chef taught Giovanni and Marchini pasta, pizza, and pan-fried steaks and other traditional Italian dishes. After all, he's not good at Italian food either.

However, during the audition, Marin heard that Julius II's royal chef made pasta, and the special wheat variety was durum wheat. Wake up, Marin also likes to eat noodles. It is also normal to get some wheat suitable for making noodles.

When teaching how to make pizza, Marin couldn't help but bring out the KFC pizza that was ubiquitous in later commercials.

The pizza of this era is mainly just adding some cheese and spices on the cake, and there are not as many tricks as later generations. But Marin has been bombarded by the overwhelming advertisements of KFC in later generations, and naturally knows to add eggs, bacon, ham, beef, meat and other accessories to the pizza.

Julius II's royal chef tried it and found that the pizza made was really delicious. Then, this new style of pizza was on the table of Julius II and was appreciated by the Pope. However, after learning that this was done by his son-in-law, His Excellency the Pope was a little dumbfounded.

When Mr. Royal Chef taught the brothers how to make caviar, Marin couldn't help but interrupt again...

There are no strict regulations for caviar in this era. The roe of any fish can be used to make caviar. But in later generations, Marin remembers, the French strictly stipulated that only caviar made from the roe of large sturgeon was the most authentic caviar.

Mr. Royal Chef was stunned for a moment, but nodded in agreement with Marin's opinion.

Although there are no similar regulations in Italy in this era, the caviar of sturgeon is the most delicious, and the experienced chef knows it.

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After Mr. Royal Chef finished the cooking teaching, the cooking skills of the two brothers can be regarded as a hallmark. However, there is still a long way to go to stand out as a royal chef.

So, after much thought, Marin decided to teach the brothers some unique skills they were good at. For example - the famous fried foie gras in the French feast of later generations...

In a previous life, Marin also developed a strong interest in French cuisine because of the hype of the foreigner. It's a pity that the French restaurant is too pretentious. It's just a meal, and it even requires guests to wear formal clothes...

"Bitch is hypocritical!" This is Marin's evaluation of the French restaurant.

Then, Marin ate foie gras and had to make it himself. Fortunately, there are recipes on the Internet, so Marin did it himself and cooked foie gras a few times, but after eating it, although he felt good, it didn’t reach the point of being touted by those foreigners…

The French meal Marin has studied, mainly fried and baked. For example, fried steak and fried foie gras are all fried with olive oil.

The French-style pan-fried foie gras is very simple. In addition to the main ingredient, foie gras, the ingredients are olive oil, wine vinegar (that is, red wine and apple cider vinegar are mixed in the proportion of: ), pepper, salt, flour and fresh orange (this It seems that there is no such thing in winter)  …

The specific method is to slice the foie gras, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and then pat the flour evenly. Then pour olive oil into the pan, heat it up to seven or eight minutes, add the foie gras, and fry over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

The next step is to peel the orange, take one-third of the orange flesh, and squeeze the orange juice from the other two-thirds of the orange flesh. Put the oil in the pot and heat it up, add the wine vinegar and orange meat to boil over medium heat, pour in the orange juice and mix well, pour it on the foie gras.

Of course, it was the month, and even the Pope's kitchen couldn't find fresh oranges. Therefore, Marin can only omit the step of fresh orange. However, the practice was taught to the brothers Giovanni and Marchini.

As for the future of fresh oranges? Marin finds it easy. Fresh oranges cannot be preserved, but can be made into canned oranges... Canned fruits made by ordinary cooking methods can also be preserved for months. When it's time to make it, use canned oranges. Although it is not as good as the original, it will be ready to use.

As for the practice and usage of truffles, Mr. Royal Chef also taught the Giovanni brothers before.

In this way, the brothers Giovanni and Marchini have mastered the practice of three famous dishes of French dinner - truffle, foie gras and caviar.

Marin believes that as long as these three dishes are cooked, conquering the French court is not a problem at all...

As for another famous dish - French snails, Marin did not teach the brothers. why? Because people of this age are not used to eating snails. Moreover, even if you eat snails, you must have a corresponding variety of snails for cooking...

And the frying method of black pepper steak, Marin also taught the fat brother. This kind of thing, Marin has long been popularized in the East Frisian aristocracy. Moreover, Italy also has the practice of frying steak at this time, which is not uncommon.

With the foundation of Italian cuisine and the three ace dishes of truffles, foie gras and caviar, the Fat Brothers became the French royal chef, and no one would disagree.

Of course, if you want to infiltrate the French royal palace in the shortest time, and successfully become Queen Anne's dedicated chef, you still need to spend a lot of money to manage the relationship.

As long as the fat brothers can sneak into the French royal palace and become Queen Anne's royal chef, Queen Anne will never give birth to a prince. Even, the second princess can't be born...

Moreover, Marin remembers that the main producing areas of French black truffles seem to be in the mountains of northern Provence and near Périgord in the southwest. This era, because the habit of eating truffles has not spread to France. As a result, French truffles are estimated to have not been picked yet.

To this end, Marin plans to send a team to the mountains in northern Provence and the mountains near Périgord to use the method invented by later French people to find truffles with sows, specifically to search for a large number of unexploited French black truffles. Supply to Fatty Brothers. As long as the fat brothers have a large supply of black truffles in their hands, they will not worry about not getting the attention and reuse of the King and his wife. In this way, it is also convenient for the fat brother to continue to drug Queen Anne...

To be honest, Marin didn't like truffles very much, and always felt that the taste of truffles was strange. However, I can't stand Europeans like it. Marin's cheap father-in-law, Julius II, was especially fond of truffles. Moreover, there is basically no Italian aristocrat who does not like to eat truffles. Probably, this is the preference of Europeans. After all, the European aristocrats of this era actually like to eat barbecue with pepper, and the taste is very heavy...