My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 643 - 217: Lamb Offal Soup (Part 2)

Lamb offal soup is also known as lamb offal stew. It is made by mixing and stewing lamb’s head, hooves, blood, liver, heart, intestines, and tripe. It’s also called "lamb offal stew". In the winter, a warm bowl of lamb offal soup can seemingly disperse the harshest cold with its fresh flavor.

Du Xixi’s taste in this regard is somewhat "heavy." The lamb’s mutton smell, which others dislike, or the fishy taste similar to that of Houttuynia cordata, is actually quite to her liking. However, she tends to prefer a lighter taste when it comes to the saltiness of ordinary dishes.

In the making of lamb offal soup, there aren’t many ingredients used. A little bit of salt to enhance the flavor and some chopped cilantro to add freshness are already enough. Therefore, not much of the mutton smell is removed, which makes it a dish that those who like it can have several bowls at once, while those who don’t like it would merely stop after a taste.

According to Du Xixi’s understanding, the Ke Family is quite accepting of these heavier flavors. Ke Xing and Ke Lian, this father-son duo, would even eat more than Du Xixi. As for Miao Miao, her taste preferences are somewhat cat-like, and she can eat this type of dish as well.

Thus, when Du Xixi made lamb offal soup, she could do so without any hesitations.

However, she was thinking of sending some to Chen Yin in the Imperial Palace. Chen Yin has some aversion to the mutton smell, and unless it’s removed, he won’t eat lamb. Therefore, she planned to make a lamb offal soup with hardly any mutton smell.

A lamb that is a year old doesn’t have a strong mutton smell, which can almost be ignored. When Chen Yin used to have roasted lamb or lamb ribs, Du Xixi would subconsciously choose young lambs so that Chen Yin could eat comfortably, and today was no exception.

That’s why Du Xixi had 2569 ask the farm to send over a young lamb. She remembered that about three months ago, a tiny lamb was sent over, one that had just been born not long ago, along with its mother. Yiyi and Er Er circled around it several times.

But such a newly born lamb is still too tender. Although it’s easy to digest, Du Xixi thought there wasn’t much flavor in it. It couldn’t compare to the chewier old lamb meat. She didn’t touch it and later had this mother and lamb sent to the farm by 2569.

After being raised for three months, its meat should be plump by now, right? Du Xixi licked the corner of her mouth, feeling somewhat hungry.

In just over ten minutes, the timid little lamb was sent over. Du Xixi, who has slaughtered countless lambs on Blue Star, faced the clean gaze of this little lamb, only to close her eyes for a moment. After saying "sorry" in her heart, she asked 2569 to kill it.

Since Du Xixi herself is pregnant, it’s not good for her to see blood, so she quickly gave 2569 a crash course in "lamb slaughtering," allowing 2569 to handle it.

2569’s mechanical hands were a bit clumsy in slaughtering the lamb, but slaughtering is just that simple act. It was already skilled at slaughtering chickens, ducks, and fish, so before long, it wielded the knife with precision, easily cutting through the lamb’s skin, which made Du Xixi very satisfied.

If the students from the Food Department could reach the level of 2569, Zhang Ye’s mood would definitely improve greatly.

Following the order, Du Xixi first handled the lamb’s head. Holding the not-too-big, not-too-small lamb’s head in her hand, she asked 2569 to clean some of the little lamb’s organs, like the heart, liver, intestines, and stomach.

These organs required careful cleaning, which would take a lot of Kung Fu, so Du Xixi had 2569 help. She needed to focus on handling the lamb’s head.

In fact, the lamb’s head could be processed together with the four lamb’s hooves. Du Xixi hadn’t done it in a long time and momentarily forgot about the hooves. Only after placing the lamb’s head on the table did she remember to go back and get the hooves.

Both the lamb’s head and hooves needed to be clamped, carefully roasted on the stove to burn the surface, turning the wool into a black char shell that crumbles with a light touch. Du Xixi’s jade fingers were stained black, but she didn’t mind at all, picking up a brush to scrub off the charred shell.

After roasting the hoofs and head twice in total and scrubbing off the charred shell twice with a brush, followed by scalding in boiling water, the lamb’s hooves and head now appeared hairless.

Du Xixi casually glanced at them and couldn’t help but sigh. The little lamb was quite cute when it had wool, with its slightly curly fleece feeling very comfortable to touch. But once the wool is gone, why does it look somewhat... disappointingly ugly?