The first time I ate a black pepper smoothie was in a restaurant. The chef suggested that a lime litchi smoothie be sprinkled with freshly ground black pepper. I compared the taste before and after adding pepper, and it tastes better after adding pepper. On the one hand, the taste experience is richer, on the other hand, the acridity of black pepper makes the sour taste of lime and the sweet taste of litchi more clear and three-dimensional.

After eating sweet and sour smoothies in other restaurants, I always add a little freshly ground black pepper.

2. Haiyan ice cream

When making desserts, if you want to better set off the sweetness, you often add some salt. The same is true of adding high-quality sea salt to ice cream. Good sea salt can also bring more complex and interesting flavor to simple ice cream. If you want better sea salt, you can try the French flower of salt. Even if you buy a boxed ice cream to go home, it can become more exquisite and delicious.

3, star anise cinnamon clove lemon brown sugar red wine

In foreign countries, this kind of wine is usually drunk at Christmas. But I think it's delicious and warm. It's delicious in winter. The method is simple. A bottle of 750ml red wine, 100ml water, an star anise, a small piece of cinnamon, two or three cloves, half a lemon and a tablespoon of brown sugar are thrown into the pot together, and simmered for an hour on low heat after two minutes without covering. Finally, filter out the seasoning and let it cool before drinking.

4. Chicken and red onion

This is a common collocation in Taiwan Province Province. The English name of shallot is shallot, which often appears in western food and some Cantonese dishes. There are three ways to make red onions.

One is raw red onion, with soy sauce, and then dipped in white-cut chicken. The spicy red onion with white-cut chicken is really great.

One is scallion chicken, which is spread with red onions, steamed directly, and finally topped with hot oil and soy sauce. Compared with boiled chicken, the spicy taste is gone, but the aroma is different.

The third kind of cooking is to fry red onions until golden brown, make fried onion crisp, and then eat it with chicken (or dipping sauce), which is also completely different in taste. q