God of cooking

Chapter 28: Getting help in the face of getting disqualified (3)

It does not belong to me. It is translated by KobatoChanDaiSuki  

Jo Minjoon grumbled and picked the ingredients. White grape, garlic, brown sauce and bill stock made from calf bones. The condiments were tomatoes, tomato paste, red wine, vermouth, salt, etc.

When he was bringing the ingredients, almost 2 minutes had passed. Jo Minjoon grated the grapes and poured the vermouth in a bowl. The wine was a liquor made by mixing brandy, medicinal herbs, spices and etc.

Vermouth was divided into two types. A sweet one just like it's name, sweet vermouth and a sour one called dry vermouth.

And there were also another two types with other standards. White vermouth and red vermouth. As you could see from the names, it varied depending if it was made with red wine or white wine. What Jo Minjoon was using right now was a sweet vermouth made with white wine. It was to save the color of the white grapes, and at the same time, to save the sweet flavor.

There was no need to boil it now. Precisely speaking, he didn't have to. If he had used commercial demi-glace sauce then he wouldn't have to do all these things. Because he would be done after putting the sauce in the boiling puré.

But they were planning to make the demi-glace sauce themselves. When the demi-glace sauce was about to be finished, then you had to start boiling the puré. Of course, they had to finish it before roasting the foie gras. Probably, the one to finish the sauce was going to be Jo Minjoon.

It was at that moment when Jo Minjoon was going to handle the garlic. The buzzer rang and Alan's voice resounded.

"Change!"

Uncertain actions started to happen at all the countertops. Jo Minjoon put down the knife and moved back. Kaya grabbed the knife and started to handle the garlic very quickly. And after she fried the garlic in the pan, when it was turning brown, she poured the red wine. At that moment, a flame surged up through the pan.
. It was a technique used to send away all of the bad aroma through igniting alcohol in the food. And then, Kaya's hands stopped. It wasn't that she had forgotten what to do next. She had nothing else to do but wait until the sauce boiled down and stir at times.

It was when she thought that it was going to be boring. Alan approached her and opened his mouth.

"What kind of dish are you thinking of making?"
"I'm going to slice the foie gras and roast it and on top of that I'm going to put white grape puré."
"It seems like you are going to make the demi-glace sauce that is used in the puré by yourself....Will you be able to finish in time?"
"I'll accomplish it."

Kaya replied cheekily. Alan stopped for a moment and looked at her. He couldn't make out if it was because he hadn't tried her dish earlier, or if she was just replying with her original attitude.

Because of that, it felt funny for Alan to bring out that incident first. Alan coughed and looked at Jo Minjoon.

"Thinking about the turn of your tagging then making the foie gras would be done by Kaya and completing the sauce would be done by you."
"Yes."
"Kaya, have you ever made foie gras?"
"No. I haven't even eaten it."
"Minjon, what about you?"
"Me neither."

Precisely speaking, he did eat it. But that was a canned food eaten by French residents. To say that he had eaten it was impudent.

Alan said lowly.

"Don't think of foie gras as normal liver. A swan's liver has more oil and has a deeper flavor than any animal's. And you don't have to take off it's aroma, but rather, save it. Please remind this."
"Yes, I understand."

Alan moved away with Jo Minjoon's reply. Kaya glanced at Alan and concentrated again on her dish. He wanted to tell something to that Kaya, but now was the time to be concentrating. Of course,she was only waiting for the sauce to boil down to say that she was concentrating.