Week 7 - Taco challenge

Today we split into two groups to cook.  This meant that one group of us were able to work on our own and were challenged with following the recipe ourselves.  The other group worked with Mrs Hanlon.  This was a great opportunity to use our skills of organisation and co-operation.

This is the first meal that we have prepared that we have used starter kits for instead of from scratch.  We made soft tacos and crispy tacos.

Curried Sausages - Week 6

Today we made curry sausages.  We were amazed how quick and easy these were.  They would make a great winter family meal.

Recipe

500 g sausages (plain) uncooked

Small amount of oil for cooking onions.
1large onion cut into wedges
2 potatoes - cut into chunks
1Tbsp curry powder
1Tbsp flour
mixed herbs
salt and pepper to taste.

Cook sausages water till firm then slice up.
Keep liquid from cooking sausages for later.

Prepare all other ingredients.

Saute onions in oil until soft and translucent
Add curry power and flour.
Use small amount of liquid from the sausages to create sauce
Add sausages.
Keep adding liquid as mixture thickens to thin sauce.
Simmer for 30 minutes

Serve with Rice.

Butter Chicken - Week 5

Another delicious dish, and it is amazing how simple some of these dishes are to make.

We had lots of conversations today about how we are making our foods from scratch rather than buying a flavour sachet or ready made sauce.  We are getting better at some of our basic preparation skills too. Things like chopping, dicing, and mixing.

Another important part of our learning is the importance of keeping our work space clean and not creating cross-contamination of raw meat with other ingredients that you might not cook.  

Butter Chicken

Ingredients
500g Chicken breast
1 onion finely chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
1tsp Tumeric
1tsp Cumin
1tsp Ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp each Salt and Pepper
2 Tbsp Tomato Paste
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1/2 Cup Cream
1 tsp Chilli (optional)

1: Chop Chicken breast into bite size pieces.
2: Mix together all the spices (except the Garam Masala) and toss through the chicken.
3: Melt the better in a large pan.
4: Add onion and garlic and cook until soft (do not burn)
5: Add the chicken
6: Stir until golden
7: Add tomato paste and Garam Masala and mix well.
8: Stir in cream.
9: Simmer for 5-8 minutes until rich and creamy.

Kebabs and Mash - Week 4

Today we made beef kebabs and mashed potato.
The classroom smelt SOOoooo good.

Ingredients

Mashed Potatoes
Potatoes (about 1 large potato per person)
small amount of butter
1/4 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste

Peel and wash the potatoes, then cut into small pieces 









Put the potato into a saucepan with water and bring to boil.  Turn down the heat and let them cook until they are soft. (you can stick a fork into them easily)

















Kebabs

Bamboo Skewers (soak in water if you are cooking on the BBQ)
500g Rump steak or similar
2 cloves of garlic
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp soya sauce
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce.

Chop and crush the garlic (or use a garlic crusher if you have one)






In a bowl mix in garlic, soya sauce, brown sugar and sweet chill sauce.

Chop the rump steak into small cubes.

Mix meat at garlic mix together and leave to sit for at least an hour (Overnight is even better)

Thread the meat onto the skewers.

Cook the kebabs in an electric frypan with a small amount of oil , or on the BBQ until the meat is cooked.

Then eat and enjoy like we did.