Self Saucing Chocolate Dessert

 Self Saucing Chocolate Dessert in a Mug

3 T Flour

3 T Sugar

1½ T Cocoa Powder

½ t  Baking Powder

3 T Milk

2½ T Butter melted

¼ t Vanilla

Topping

1½ T Brown Sugar

1 t Cocoa Powder         

3 T Hot Water  

Method

1. In a small bowl add flour, sugar cocoa powder and baking powder. Stir together

2. Add to this the milk, butter and vanilla. Mix until fully combined

3. Pour half into each of 2 ramekins or microwave proof mugs. (leave room to rise!)

4. Sprinkle topping evenly over surface 

5. Carefully pour over the hot water. Make sure it is evenly spread

6. Cook in the microwave for 1½ min. Remove carefully once cooked

7. Serve with ice cream, custard or a dessert sauce

Today in home economics we made self saucing chocolate dessert.

My group worked well together it took us a while to get on task but in the end we manged to finish in time.

Appearance- It didn't look to good and kind of looked like we put dirt into a cup.

Taste- The chocolate cake type thing tasted good but the chocolate sauce was a little too watery.

Texture- The cake had a crumbly texture and the sauce was way to watery.

smell- It smelt a lot like coco powder and baking powder.

Rice Paper Rolls

 Quick and easy rice paper rolls. Use any combination of your favourite ingredients.

SERVES 4 TIME TO MAKE 30 - 45 mins

Ingredients

 

Carrots 

Capsicum 

2 Rice paper sheet per person

Cucumber

Lettuce

Parsley

 

 

Method

1. Dip the rice paper sheets in cold water and lay out on a clean bench top and let them soften for a minute

2. Place your selection of fillings in the middle of the softened sheet

3. Fold two sides of the sheet towards the middle

4. Roll into a cylinder shape

5. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.

 

Things to remember when making these spring rolls

• You don’t need to soak the rice paper sheets, just wet them, they will soften after a minute

• Use predominantly vegetables and herbs as fillings

• Try to use a combination of ingredients that balance flavour, texture and nutrients

• You can use any combination of ingredients for filling so just use what you like and have available

Today we made Rice paper rolls. We had a nice combination of vegetables in our rolls.

My team worked well together to get the task done it took us a while to cut the vegetables into the right shapes.

They looked like a whole heap of vegetables wrapped in a see through sheet of paper.

The vegetables tasted nice but the rice paper did not taste very nice.

The rice paper was really slimy a little chewy and was hard to swallow.

Protein

Vegetarian nachos

VEGETARIAN  NACHOS

Ingredients

1T Oil

¼ Capsicum (diced)

½ Red Onion (finely chopped)

½ c Corn

½ can Chopped Tomatoes

½ can Red Chilli Beans

Nacho seasoning 

Corn Chips

½ c Grated Cheese

Avocado (optional)

Sour cream to serve (optional)

Method

Step 1

Gather equipment and ingredients in correct amounts!

Step 2

Prepare the vegetables:  capsicum and onion

Step 3

In a large non-stick pan: 

Saute onion with 1T of Oil for 2 mins. Add capsicum 

Step 4

Then add to the pan:

Corn, ½ can of tomatoes, ½ can of chilli or baked beans

Stir, and cook for 3-4 minutes until tomato is just softened 

Step 5

Arrange a large handful of corn chips on a plate and heat in microwave

Spoon the bean mixture on top of corn chips, top with cheese, avocado and sour cream

My team worked well to make nachos we worked together well and had great communication.

The appearance was really nice it had and nice stack with the chilli beans on top of the chips and the avocado placed on top.

Texture- The chip had a nice crisp crunch and the chilli beans had a weird mushy consistory.

Smell- The nachos had a spicy smell.

Taste- The chilli beans where quit spicy the salsa had a nice tomato taste and the sour cream added a kind of sour taste.

Crispy Chicken Tacos

 Crispy Chicken Tacos

                                                  Serves 4

Ingredients:

500g Chicken breast sliced 

2 T oil

1 packet Crispy Chicken Spice mix

8 mini Tortillas (2 per person)

Lettuce -shredded

Carrot - grated

Cheese -grated

Red Onion - sliced

Avocado - sliced

Sour Cream

Salsa

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 ℃

2. Slice chicken into strips 4 cm wide. These may be cut into 6 cm lengths.

3. Place chicken into a bowl.

4. Drizzle with oil and mix to cover all chicken surfaces.

5. Add Crispy Chicken Spice mix and stir to coat chicken evenly.

6. Place coated chicken on an oven tray lined with baking paper.

7. Bake for 10 - 12 min until crispy and golden.

8. Warm tortillas in microwave for 30 sec.

9. Build your taco with chicken, lettuce, carrot, cheese, avocado, red onion, and top with sour cream and salsa.

My team did work well together because there where only two of us and my team mate was not fully contributing.

The appearance was good there was a lot of fillings and there was a lot of salsa. The Taco tasted good the chicken had a nice spice to it the salsa was really nice and had a nice tomato taste. The sour cream added a nice taste along with the salsa.

Texture- The avocado had a nice mushy texture and the taste melted in my mouth and the chicken had a nice crumb texture on the outside.

Smell- The taco smelt like the chicken flavouring.

Glycaemic

 What does Glycaemic index mean? Glycaemic is about carbohydrates, energy levels, blood sugar levels and rate of digestion.

Low GI foods are sustained and last longer 

High GI foods are the ones that you get a sugar high off of 

Low GI Milk  Most fruits Whole grain bread Peas Pasta Baked beans Dried fruit

High GI Water melon Pineapple Jelly beans Most breakfast cereals

Open Steak Sandwich

    Open Steak Sandwich                       Serves 4

• Beef Schnitzel-  trimmed, about 1cm thickness (can be shredded & marinated before cooking)

• Oil (for cooking meat)

• 4 Bread rolls or 1 ciabatta loaf, cut into 4 pieces

• Mayonnaise

• Sauces - own choice eg Tomato, BBQ, Sweet Chilli

• Lettuce, Spinach or Mesclun salad leaves

• Tomatoes, sliced

• Red Onion rings

• Cheese slices

• Avocado 

 

• 1. Quickly pan fry the meat over a medium high heat until just cooked, turning once during cooking. Allow to rest for 5 minutes. Serve as a piece or shredded

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• 2. Cut rolls or ciabatta loaf pieces in half. These can be warmed or toasted if desired.

•   Spread the tops and the bottoms of the bread with mayonnaise and /or sauces chosen

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• 3. Top half the bread with lettuce etc, tomato slices, steak and any other ingredients

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• 4. Cover with the remaining bread pieces 

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• 5. Serve

• Nutrients

• Beef schnitzel-Iron

• Bread rolls- Carbs

• Mayonnaise- Vitamin E and K

• Spinach-Potassium

• Tomatoes- Vitamin E and C

• Red onion-Carbs

• Cheese- Calcium

My team worked well together to prepare our open steak sandwich.

The bred tasted quite dry and the seasoning on the steak added a nice touch to the sandwich.

• Avocado- Vitamin B6

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Spaghetti bolognese

 At home I have been cooking dinner for the family last night I made spaghetti bolognese.

Recipe

I left out the bacon, celery, garlic and the rosemary. I added broccoli and cauliflower.

It looked good the carrots added some nice colour to the meal. It tasted nice the tomatoes made the mince not taste as bland. The texture was good the pasta has the same texture as noodles but the pasta is longer and a lot straighter compared to noodles.

Chicken stir fry

In home economics we where put into groups in our groups we made chicken stir fry.

 The recipe

Nutrients- Protein and fat are in the chicken and Vitamins from the vegetables

My team worked together well we were a bit slow but we managed to keep up and we finished the cooking on time we followed the health and safety rules and made sure not to cross contaminate.

At the end once we had finished it didn't look as appetising as I thought It would look It tasted good it was a little too spicy for my tastebuds. The texture was alright the broccoli had a strange feeling on my tongue and the noodles had a nice soft texture. The smell was a nice mix of chicken and chilli. If I where to make it again I would add less sweet chilli sauce next time.

Chicken Stir Fry

Write below all the equipment that you needed.

Right coloured choosing boards, sharp knives, little glass bowls, big glass bowl, wooden spoon, tongs, spatula, plate and a knife and fork

Method

1. Place the chicken into glass bowl

2. Mix chicken with the sesame oil

3. Prepare vegetables

4. Satay chicken and onions together. This means to cook the two ingredients.

5. Add  broccoli and carrots and cook for five minutes.

6. Add remaining vegetables of your choice and cook for a further 5 min

7. Bring a pot of water to the boil.

8. Add the broken noodles into the pot and cook for two minutes

9. Drain noodles in a colander and add to the vegetable and chicken mixture. Mix together lightly.

10.  Serve