120 Rabbit Stew (1/2)
”That's right, rabbit stew. It's really good. Usually I'd go for cooked rice with chicken, but there's no rice.” Said John
Fortunately, rice existed in this world, and quiet frequently sold at most inns or restaurants that one could go to. Although it was rather expensive.
”John...” Serena muttered as her eyes sparkled
”Yes? What is it?” John asked
”You'd make a good house wife” Ariel answered
”What's that supposed to mean... Anyways, I'm cooking right now, so don't distract me”
The two girls hastily nodded
John looked towards master's brother, and he was slightly drooling. When he saw that john noticed, he wiped it off and turned around.
The Sweet aroma and the cooked rabbit meat, was flowing through the warm cave. One could almost forget that there was a blizzard outside
John continued to cook, he got the other 3 skinned rabbit meats which were floating in the air, and repeated the process.
After that, there were four steamy hot plates of cooked rabbit meat. John made sure to keep all the meat warm by increasing the amount of thermal energy around them.
HIs precision with magic control really skyrocketed after the training he had at school. His chant-less secret was nearly found out a few times, when he tried to cheat. But in the end, he learnt how to properly cast chants.
”The meat Is good... Now to move on to...”
As the oil on the empty pot, continued to shimmer. John added 1 diced onions to the pot before seasoning it with salt and pepper.
He cooked it until softened and the pieces were just starting to turn brown. That took around 5 minutes.
”There's no tomato paste so...”
At the same time as John was frying the onions, he was preparing a tomato paste. John had cut diced up a tomatoes and compressed it until it ended up like some sort of sauce with wind magic. He also made sure to careful separate the seeds which were inside for aesthetics but it was a waste of time.
But he managed to make it in time. He placed the self made tomato paste into the cooking pot with the onions and began mixing it using a wooden spoon
”cook it until the raw tomato flavour mellows... Around 2 minutes...”
After he said that, he waited 2 minutes, while mixing around the tomato paste and onions, so that their flavours could intertwine. After that he sprinkled in a bit of flour before cooking it for a minute. He did this to get off the raw flour taste.
The last bit of flour that he added and cooked, helped thicken the liquid in the pot into a nice sauce
”Sauce... Check.” John muttered
Without removing the onions, John looked at the bottom of the pot and a smile was formed on his face. There was a thick crust forming on the bottom of the pot
”Looks like everything is moving smoothly” Said john happily
”Hmm... What liquid should I use...?” John muttered
”Liquid?” Asked Serena
”Yeah, to lift all of the flavour off the bottom of the pot and into the sauce, I'll need to deglaze it with some kind of liquid.” Said John
”What liquid?” Ariel asked
John had taken cooking lessons before and had to cook for himself at times, and one thing his teacher would always say, is that red flavour wine is the best. Although he didn't believe it was completely true