Chapter 1514 - 585: Lielba Packed with Dried Fruits and Soft Baldhead Biscuits—Master Them All at Once!

Chapter 1514: Chapter 585: Lielba Packed with Dried Fruits and Soft Baldhead Biscuits—Master Them All at Once!

After finishing these tasks, he sifted the prepared whole wheat flour and poured it in.

Normal flour comes from removing the outer bran first and then grinding into flour, whereas whole wheat flour is ground together with the bran.

Compared to refined flour, whole wheat flour contains more coarse fiber, making it more suitable for modern people who suffer from nutritional excess.

Moreover, with the inclusion of bran, the absorption rate of the flour is lower, digestion is slower, making it more suitable for people with impaired blood sugar or for those dieting.

After sifting the whole wheat flour, he added some rye flour.

Finally, he tossed in a bit of baking soda and carefully mixed it into a dough using a silicone scraper.

The dough for bald bread should not be kneaded, otherwise the dough would develop gluten, and it wouldn’t be soft when eaten.

Once the dough was formed, he covered it and let it naturally relax.

Yuan Debiao finished those tasks and looked at the bread baking in the oven, wandering outside for a while.

When he returned, the bread was ready.

Through the transparent glass door of the oven, Lin Xu saw that the bread inside had expanded a bit more, with a surface that appeared rosy and bright, invoking appetite at a glance.

Yuan Debiao opened the door of the oven, and a rich aroma wafted out.

"It smells so good, truly deserving to be called a great bread, just its scent makes one’s mouth water."

"The aroma right after baking is indeed stronger. Brother Lin, you probably haven’t tasted hot bread before, have you? The texture is quite unique, you should try it."

Typically, nut bread is better eaten when cooled, as it offers more chewiness.

Whereas eating it warm presents an entirely different palate.

The inside is softer and airier, the crust more crisp, and the nuts inside more fragrant; simply put, it’s delicious.

As Yuan Debiao spoke, an assistant chef came over, removed the bread from the baking tray, and placed it on cooling iron racks to hasten its cooling and prevent steam from collecting at the bottom, which could make the bread crust sticky.

Having done this, he took a bread knife, sliced the bread into diagonal pieces, and smilingly said to Lin Xu:

"Boss Lin, would you like to try? Not many people have the opportunity to taste freshly made bread."

Lin Xu didn’t hold back, he picked up a piece and took a bite. The contrast between the aromatic crunchy crust and the soft inside was striking, and the variety of aromas was abundantly rich.

One can taste the sweet scent of honey, milk, sugar, butter, egg, and assorted nuts.

Though it didn’t carry the sturdy chew of cooled bread, it certainly had its own unique flavor.

"It’s really delicious. Back in school, I reckon I could eat a whole loaf at once."

Back then, playing sports every day accelerated the metabolism, making you hungry shortly after being full, unlike now, spending days by the stove, the craving for food isn’t as strong.

Yuan Debiao remarked:

"That’s normal, many chefs slim down compared to when they first joined because being next to the stove actually lowers appetite, it’s a common issue in our line of work."

As he spoke, he brought over the relaxed dough and started making bald bread.

"In the Northeast, bald bread is typically round and smooth, resembling a shaved head, which is where its name comes from..."

He didn’t knead the dough in the bowl, instead, he directly grabbed a piece, shaped it in his hands, and placed it on a baking tray.

After finishing that, he switched to another tray and began teaching Lin Xu the banana shape of Russian bald bread.

He took the dough out of the bowl, rolled it into an evenly thin sheet with a rolling pin, then used a round container to press overlapping shapes onto it, creating crescent-like forms.

This is quite similar to the technique used for horn honey, except horn honey is fried, whereas banana-shaped bald bread is baked.

As Yuan Debiao busied himself, he explained:

"Ordinarily, for banana-shaped bald bread, you should add some banana puree inside. In the past, in Russia, only the banana-flavored bald bread was shaped like a banana. But now, there are flavors of all sorts."

Once the small banana shape became the hallmark, it was naturally adopted as the uniform shape for the entire series, reinforcing brand value.

This is a normal choice in commercial behavior.

However, Lin Xu secretly noted it down, planning to add some banana puree when he tries it at home himself.

If he’s aiming to surprise Baobao, he should aim for the full experience.

Once he finished the dough, it was all placed into the oven for baking.

"Chef Yuan, later will it be glazed with syrup or sprinkled with sugar powder?"

The chef who had been assisting curiously asked.

Lin Xu recalled eating bald bread with a layer of frosting on the surface, thinking sprinkling sugar powder would suffice, could it be syrup glazed instead?

Yuan Debiao replied:

"Sprinkling sugar powder is a lazy shortcut. Today with Brother Lin here, it definitely should be glazed with syrup for him to truly savor the original taste of bald bread."

Lin Xu curiously asked:

"Is the frosting on bald bread glazed on?"

"Yes, using a glazing cooking method, although that’s a mechanized factory operation, doing it ourselves is relatively more troublesome."

Upon finishing, Yuan Debiao earnestly explained the specific method to Lin Xu.

First, while the bald bread is baking, boil some white sugar to the glaze state, then when the bald bread is done, put it into a special mixer, pour in the boiled syrup, and rotate quickly to evenly coat the bread with syrup.

Continue to mix, allowing the temperature to drop so the syrup solidifies into frosting, and under mutual friction, it creates a delicate frosting effect.

Bald bread made this way will have a crunchier exterior, a sweeter taste, and be more soft and delicious.

"If being lazy, people mostly just sprinkle some sugar powder, but sugar powder isn’t as fragrant as frosting, nor as sweet. Brother Lin can test the difference later."

Yuan Debiao didn’t hold back, teaching as he should.

This boosted Lin Xu’s confidence in completing his task.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t use the Cooking Learning Card, otherwise, he wouldn’t need to memorize these methods and techniques painstakingly.

Before long, the bald bread was baked, and through the oven, Lin Xu seemed to smell the aroma of this snack.

By now, the syrup was ready, and Yuan Debiao instructed the helper:

"Open the oven!"

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Really craving Russian bald bread, it’s my favorite, but unfortunately, I can’t handle something so sweet. This Chapter is 5000 words, asking for Monthly Tickets, brothers!