Chapter 18

Lin Shanyue was making egg tarts. This type of pastry looked like tiny bowls. The book she was following described them as being made from eggs, milk, flour, butter, and cream. Lin Shanyue had a natural talent for cooking; after reading the recipe once, she had a rough idea of how to proceed. Making egg tarts required preparing the crust first—that little "bowl" part. She used butter and flour; the butter was solid and gave off a faint, pleasant fragrance. She kneaded the butter into the dough, rolling and folding it repeatedly until the two were completely blended. The tools provided by the Mirror Demon Young Master included small tart molds. She pressed the dough into the bottom of the molds until it took the shape of a little bowl. Next, she prepared the egg tart filling.