「And then next is the first real magic.」
I throw the meat into the pot that has the cranberry juice.
「The cranberry juice has the effect of breaking down the ligament proteins and amino acids. The meat becomes softer and you get a stronger taste of the proteins and amino acids. It’s killing two birds with one stone. Hitting action from before helps increase the surface area and penetration of the juice, doubling the effect. 」
「uhh, we have absolutely no idea what you just said.」
While giving a bitter smile, I scratch my head.
I overdid it… it would only make sense they wouldn’t know half of what the hell I was talking about.
「The meat getting softer, and the taste getting better is what it all means.」
「If it’s just that then I get it!」
「Okay, because the grilled meat is going to be freshly provided, the meat has to be cut into the right sized pieces then tenderized. It then has to be soaked in cranberry juice. I know it’s bad that we need enough for 260 people and if we don’t hurry we won’t make it. Are you able to manage?」
「We will try.」
「You only have the people here to help you.」
They returned a reliable answer. I expressed a smile and started to talk.
「Okay, so with that being the case that is the final process. Earlier I said we skipped a step, but we are going to do that now. It is the process of making the sauce.」
Yep, after taking great pains to make the steak. there is no way you should eat it with just salt right.
「To make it, first we pickle the meat in the cranberry juice. It’s soaked and mixed to make the meat soft but no matter what part of the meat flavor bleeds into the juice. Since it would be a shame to waste it we will make the sauce out of it.」
I pour the cranberry juice into a small pot and tell the women to warm the pot to the point just before it boils.
「When the cranberry juice is boiled down the sourness and sweetness gets stronger making it actually quite tasty. For it to be even better we need to add more stuff in it.」[Demi-glace]
On top of the iron plate there is a perfect mass of muscle that no matter how you look at it can’t be eaten. I set the unusable meat on top.
「This meat is not really edible, even so this kind of meat when grilled produces wonderful Jus」
I press the mass of meat into the iron plate and it makes a very loud sizzling sound while a large amount of Jus flows out.
It’s not fat, it’s pure Jus. Using this for sauce instead of the lard is going to turn out much better. Even when reinforcing the taste of the meat with the sauce, it’s not even greasy.
The overflowing Jus had a alluring aroma, with it we were all put into a trance.
「This iron plate has a special feature build into it. It has a slight incline for the Jus to flow toward the edge through a grove. There is a built-in bottle for it to flow and collect in.」
The Jus flowed from the muscle meat and quickly accumulated in the bottle. I kept on squeezing the grill meat until the bottle was full.
In addition, I had magic that I refined that I took advantage of to polish the iron plate to a mirror shine. Thanks to that nothing gets stuck to it and the flavor of the Jus is perfectly preserved.
「And then, we pour that Jus into the reduced cranberry sauce then add salt to taste. We add mountain herbs with a good smell to it and voila the special sauce is done. The taste of the steak will be enhanced quite a bit when it’s covered with the sauce.」
The sweet sour flavor and the Jus taste that overflows from the sauce on the meat would make it incredible. But it would also go wonderfully with the pommes frites. Since we are serving both steak and potatoes together, that is one kind of way of eating it.
「Here, try tasting this.」
The women put their finger in the pot and lick their finger.
Everyone’s tail straightens out into a point.
Until now this has been the best reaction i’ve seen so far.
「Since the meat isn’t needed anymore, I want to try spreading this sauce on bread and eating it.」
「Me too, me too! I want to cover the steam potatoes we eat everyday with it. It probably will taste better.」
「Ah, that sounds good!」
「Cyril-sama saying so, tomorrow we will have access to wheat, would it go well with stir-frying noodles mixed with it?」
「That would be the best!」
As expected of the age group of housewives. Without the festival ending, it would be head spinning for ordinary life.
「Preparing the meat, if you can make today’s portion of sauce, it can be made in bulk for everyday use. It’s considerably effective with preservation, anyway the mass of muscle were using with the cranberry sauce is going to have to be thrown away eventually right.」
「「「we got it! we will a whole make a lot of it!」」」
To fill the dinner table from tomorrow, the older women of this squad will be ones to start making steak and sauce.
Preferably the latter will put in more strength in order to show off, but im sure its my imagination.