For You, Chef Van Rouge! Part 6~ [SOLO]

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She hadn't made everything she wanted to just yet, but with such little time to do so, she knew she had to at least complete her biggest, best dish before she could take on the rest. This one was probably the most difficult because it dealt with many different ingredients, unlike the other dishes that had one main ingredient. This one was a new dish she would try and with her skill she knew that she could conquer it, just had she had the others. The prep time for this crafting was much larger than the others and the cooking time would pose to stretch out as well, but once she completed this part of her goal, she could continue on with the rest with ease, knowing that her special main course would be complete. She thought back to each of the creatures she had faced in order to create this fabulous meal. They had been tough to beat, but hopefully not as tough to prepare when she got down to it. If that was the case, it was okay too, she was always up for a challenge anyways!

Her first creature had be the shield mollusk. The mollusk had put up quite a fight but with her skills she had taken it down. She supposed her level helped as well, since the mollusk had been quite lower than herself. The next creature was the Enraged Swamp snail. The area which she fought this snail was disgusting. It left her clothes full of green swamp goo, but she fought past the disgust to catch this creature. It would add a seperate chewy texture than the mollusk, and what she planned to do with it was a whole different story. She licked her lips as she thought about it. The last creature she had caught was the channel squid. This beast had proven to be far more difficult than the rest, only because of it's size and how quick the beast had been. It had taken her nearly an hour to defeat the beast as it kept on swimming away and calling others to help it. She felt bad for all these little creatures, but she wouldn't let their valiant efforts go to waste! They would be way more delicious this way!

To prepare all of the creatures, Ame brought out a large, plastic chopping board, a few knives from her large set, a large and medium pot, a skillet and various other things. Before she prepared the seafood for the dish, however, she had to make the sauce. She took a medium sized bowl and poured in some olive oil, enough to coat the entire dish upon completion. She put paprika, basil, parsely, thyme, a little sage and some chili spices into the dish. She added some butter, some milk, flour, grated Parmesan cheese, some minced garlic and finally some pepper. She mixed the concoction with her whisk, making sure all of the ingredients were blended together. Once she was happy with the consistency, she tossed the bowl into the fridge. With the sauce chilling, she could now start on the pasta and once that was finished, she would move onto the main parts of her dish, the seafood!

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Ame took the handmade dough that she had previously prepared, from the fridge. The noodles she was about to make were going to be egg linguine pasta noodles. She had made noodles before in the other world so she knew what to put in the dough and how to make the noodles from scratch, without using a machine to make the noodles long and stringy. It was a slightly difficult process, but she was always up for a challenge! She unwrapped the dough ball from the plastic wrap she had used to cover it and began to flatten it out, shaping it like a square. She took her rolling pin to it and rolled it out until the square had become a rectangle. She dusted the dough with flour as she went so that it didn't stick to the rolling pin and rolled on until she was happy with the shape of it. She then began to roll it, bringing the smaller edge over and folding it so that it was flat. She did this several times until she had what was known as a, flat roll. Once the roll was complete, she cut the roll into small, linguine sized slices. Once the roll was completely cut, she unfurled each of the pieces to create long linguine strands. She set them in a bowl and put them back in the fridge.

Once the linguine was complete, she moved onto the seafood. Each of these creatures was going to be tough to deal with and the mess she would create with doing these was going to be scary, but none the less, she would have to clean it up to cook more, so she was ready for it! The first creature she would prepare was the shield mollusk. The mollusk was like a snail, but much heartier than so and their taste was different from other snails. She wanted to have three different textures in her dish, but have them all be the same at the same time. She would achieve this by cooking each of the three creatures their own separate way. As she thought, she pulled the mollusk from it's shell and washed both of them. Once she made sure the creature was fully clean, she sliced off it's head and discarded it, then began to slice into it's length. She pulled out veins and other things of the sort. She cut it into smaller pieces and then set it aside. Each creature had it's own cooking time but they were so close together, so she knew she should wait and do them all at once.

The next creature she would prepare was the swamp snail. Like the mollusk, it had a shell, but it was smaller and though chewy when cooked, it's taste burst with flavor, different than that of the large mollusk. She took the snail from it's shell and washed them. She didn't think she would need the shells for anything, but she choose to keep them just in case. Once it was washed, Ame cut its head off and then cut it into chunks. She only needed to cut it once because of the size difference to the mollusk. She wanted to be able to tell the difference, aside from taste, but the cut of it. The mollusk pieces were cut into fours and the snail was just one slice per piece. She set the snail to the side, like the mollusk, but seperated them so that no cross contamination could happen.

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With two of the three sea creatures complete, there was only one more to take care of. Ame took the large channel squid and cut off one of it's tentacles. She could use the rest of it at another time as it was so large, but right now, only one of the tentacles would suffice and not throw off the balance of the other two creatures. She washed the tentacle and made sure to pay close attention as she removed the ink sacs from it after cutting into it. If one of them exploded, she would have to restart, but when it came to cooking and preparing, she was smart about it, plus, she loved squid dishes so she was rather familiar with them. Once the squid was cut appropriately and she was sure all of the ink sacks were gone, she set them aside. Now it was time to cook them. She poured water into a large pot and waited for it to boil. She tossed in the mollusk and the snail onto a draining pot, placing it onto of the boiling water, making sure to keep them apart. She needed to steam the little babies before she cooked them. She preheated the oven and got placed the squid on a cooking try. Once the oven was set, she tossed them in. She heated more water in the medium sized pot and went to the fridge, removing the linguine. She tossed it into the pot when the water was boiled.

With everything cooking, she created a bread crumb batter, using water and milk to hold the bread crumbs together. She then heated a skillet and checked on the mollusk and snail. The snail were ready, so she heated a skillet and tossed the pieces into the batter, letting them soak nicely. She added oil to the skillet and tossed the battered snails in. While they cooked, she took the mollusk off of the heat and checked to linguine. It was softening up quite nicely, but it wasn't yet ready so she left it alone. Once the snails were fried, she set them aside on a towel and covered them, allowing the towel to soak up the oil from the snail pieces. She rinsed out the skillet, discarding the oil and put it back on the heat. She took the mollusk next and tossed them into the skillet. Battered, fried and baked. Those were the three things that would set the same sort of textures of each, apart. Once the mollusk were done frying, so took them off of the heat, but left them in the skillet. She checked the squid, moving it around on the tray and then went to the linguine. It was finished now, so she drained the water out and put the linguine back in the bowl.

She took the sauce she had made and poured it into the linguine, cooking it on low. She took three fourths of the snail, mollusk and the now finished squid and tossed them into the pot to infuse the flavors. When she was sure that it was happy, she plated the pasta and sea creature mix. On the top she took the rest of the creatures and scattered them around the top of the dish. She took some grated Parmesan and sprinkled it over top, then sprinkled fresh parsley above it. Her stomach growled as she smiled at her magnificent dish and she let out a soft giggle. She put the dish in her inventory and began to wash all of the dishes she had used to create it. It looked good enough to die, or kill for, but she kept herself under control. She could make it again if she so choose to.

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