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Dear Parent,
Welcome to the Billericay School Food Technology department!
Your son / daughter is about to start his / her Food course.
He / she is expected to bring in the ingredients for each dish to be made, along with a suitable dish
or container for the finished product.
We will be making a different product in each lesson apart from two, one of which will be Health and
Safety, and the other which will be Nutrition theory work .
In the interests of keeping organised for the lessons, this booklet contains shopping lists of all the
ingredients you may need to ‘stock up’ on for the practical lessons.
Some ingredients which are used in very small amounts are available from the Food Department
store cupboard and are listed overleaf. (These are marked in the recipes with an *) We make a
small charge for baking ingredients used when the student may have forgotten an ingredient. If you
wish to obtain the full recipe, these can be found on the Billericay School Website on the
Design Technology page, in pdf format. The recipes can be printed .
Lost workbooks and this booklet may also be printed from the same area.
We teach Healthy Eating in all aspects of Food Technology, and try to ensure that the pupils do the
same. This also fits in with our ‘Healthy School’ status. Fresh foods are used wherever possible, and
they should return home to you as a tasty dish or product batch.
May we please ask that you do not pre-prepare or pre-mix any of your child’s ingredients at home.
These skills form the basis of the lessons in year 7 and 8.They cannot learn new skills and processes if
it has been done for them! Thank you.
If anyone in the family has a special dietary need please use your usual ingredients for the dish.
(e.g. gluten-free flour or vegetarian ingredients. )
I hope you enjoy the products that your son / daughter will be making.
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Content Skills/ Techniques Cooking method/
Commodity/ Core
1 Health and safety: Safety in the kitchen equipment
Parts of a cooker job roles
Safety poster
2 Food Hygiene/ Food poisoning; Temperature control;
3 Nutrients: Function of Nutrients.
Nutrition Good food Healthy body
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Excess
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4 Practical Skills: Apple Crumble Claw, Bridge, Microwave
5 Practical : Fruit salad; Fruit prep Knife skills Presentation Rubbing in
Baking, safe use of oven
6 Practical: Stir fry; Prep & shaping veg Stir frying W.W.O Chopping, Dressing, Boiling
7 Practical: Flat bread pizza. Using component parts Assem-bly, Using the grill/oven ;Oven control
Rubbing in
Dividing and shaping
Baking
8 Practical: Melting Moments; Oven control. Creaming Coating Portion size Baking
Batch production
Forming a dough
Kneading
Rolling out
9 Shortbread Rubbing in, Shaping, baking
10 Practical : Bread rolls
Oven control.
Batch production
Forming a dough
Kneading
Rolling out
11 Practical : Egg & Potato salad Boiling, Garnish
12 Practical: Eton Mess Decorating, Whisking,
Crushing
13 Practical: Fruit scones; Rubbing in Measuring Cutting out
Baking
Batch Production
Baking
Portioning
14 Practical: Pasties readymade puff pastry Batch, Portion control, Shaping
15 Rice Salad Claw. Bridge, Microwave
16 Practical: Roasted Veg pasta;
Roasting vegetables Vegetable preparation Cooking pasta. Assembling
Whisking, Whipping
Layering, decorating
17 Practical: Cupcakes: Whisking, baking, creaming
18 Practical: Decorating cakes Piping, glace, decorating
19 Evaluation Skills Audit
1. APPLE CRUMBLE
DATE………………….
SKILLS TAUGHT; rubbing in, reading a recipe,
assembling a product.
125g plain wholemeal flour
75g block margarine (NOT tub)
50g brown / golden caster sugar
Can of apple slices (not fruit pie filling please!)
Teaspoon of cinnamon * (optional)
25g jumbo rolled oats or
1 weetabix
Serves 3—4
You will need to provide an oven proof dish to cook it and take it home in.
Serve cold with ice cream or hot with cream or custard.
2. ZINGY FRUIT SALAD
DATE…………...
SKILLS TAUGHT; knife skills, bridge and claw grip, size
consistency, presentation.
1 eating apple
1 orange (not Satsuma type)
1 small carton orange juice
3 fruits in season of your own choice
to complete your fruit salad.
N.B; We do NOT allow the use of any canned fruits!
Serves 4.
You will need to provide a leak-proof
container to take it home in
Serve with ice cream or cream or just on its own.
3. STIR FRY WITH NOODLES
DATE…………………
SKILLS TAUGHT; using a wok, stir-frying, using
ready-prepared noodles.
2 spring onions
Small pack baby corn
1 pepper—any colour
1 carrot
1 sachet ‘straight to wok’ noodles (NOT dried noodles please)
3 tablespoons oil
1 tblsp soy sauce * } mix at home
1 tbslp orange juice } in a screw top
1tsp runny honey } jar.
Serves 2—3
You will need to provide a container to take it home in!
Reheat in a wok or frying pan or in the microwave.
Add chicken or other cooked meat / prawns etc to the vegetables. Serve with rice.
4. FLATBREAD PIZZA
DATE……………………………….
SKILLS TAUGHT;
Slicing tomatoes, grating, assembly, using the grill
1 Pack pitta breads or garlic/plain Naan breads
75g cheddar or mozzarella cheese
1 large or 2 small tomatoes
1 tblsp tomato paste
1 ingredient of your choice (e.g. mushrooms / pepperoni / olives)
1 clove garlic
Container to take them home in
Heat through in the oven or eat cold with any of the salad recipes.
5. MELTING MOMENTS
DATE……………………………………
SKILLS TAUGHT; coating, shaping, batch
consistency revised, creaming revised.
50g caster sugar
100g soft butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract *
150g self-raising flour
70g oats or desiccated coconut
8 glacé cherries
N.B. THE RECIPE REQUIRES 1/2 EGG. PLEASE SEND 10P TO COVER THE
COST AND SCHOOL WILL PROVIDE 1 EGG BETWEEN 2 STUDENTS.
Container to take them home in
These will keep for up to a week in an airtight tin—if you can keep them that long!!
6. SHORTBREAD
DATE…………………..
SKILLS TAUGHT;
weighing and measuring,
Recipe proportions,
kneading, shaping, baking.
175g plain flour
50g cornflour
75g caster sugar
(Plus 2 tsp extra for sprinkling )
140g unsalted butter
SERVES 4—6
You will need to provide a tin to carry them home in.
7. BREAD ROLLS
DATE…………….
SKILLS TAUGHT; using yeast, kneading,
shaping, baking, timing
225g mix strong wholemeal and white bread flour (total weight)
(ie; 115g wholemeal strong flour + 110g white bread strong flour)
(ordinary flour will not work)
1 sachet easy-blend yeast.
1/2 teaspoon salt (put into flour) *
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon oil *
Poppy seeds* or sesame seeds* to decorate.
Makes 4 rolls
You will need to provide a container to carry them home in.
Warm them through in the oven to soften them a little.
8. Egg & Potato Salad
Date………………………….
Skills Taught: Boiling dicing Slicing
200 new potatoes
3 hard boiled eggs
3 rashes Crispy bacon
I red onion
I handful Fresh leaf parsley
Chives
3 tablespoons Mayonnaise OR salad dressing
You will need to provide a container to take it home in!
9. Eton mess
DATE…………………….
SKILLS TAUGHT
Whisking, slicing
1 punnet of strawberries
1 punnet raspberries
50g icing sugar
4 meringue nests
300ml double cream
10. HIGH FIBRE FRUIT SCONES
DATE……………...…..
SKILLS TAUGHT; blending liquids and dry ingredients,
shaping/cutting out, batch consistency, baking.
75g margarine
120g wholemeal flour
75g plain flour
11/2 tsp baking powder *
1 egg
75ml semi-skimmed milk
25g raisins or sultanas or chopped glacé cherries
Serves 3—4
You will need to provide a box or tin to take
them home in.
Serve maybe with strawberry jam and cream!
11. LUNCHBOX PASTIES
Date ………………………………...
Skills Taught : chopping, grating, folding, baking
500g Just Roll Puff pastry block
1 onion
100g grated cheese GRATED AT HOME
100g ham (optional)
1 egg to glaze
You will need to provide a tin to carry them home in.
12. Rice Salad
Date……………………..
SKILLS TAUGHT;
using the microwave, vegetable preparation revised, making &
using a dressing presentation,
1 pouch plain ‘Uncle Ben’s’ microwave rice
1 /2 red pepper
1/2 green pepper
1 small red onion
5 cherry tomatoes,
A handful of flat leaf parsley
For the salad dressing: Prepare at home
tbsp olive oil* 1 tsp mustard * 1 tsp honey
1 clove garlic black pepper*
1 tbsp red wine vinegar* OR 1 tsp lemon juice
Please bring a lidded container to carry it home in.
N.B. Rice must be refrigerated if it is not to be eaten immediately
13. ROASTED VEGETABLE PASTA
DATE…………………………………………….
SKILLS TAUGHT; roasting, cooking pasta revised,
assembly, simple sauce
THESE VEGETABLES ARE SUGGESTIONS AS THEY ROAST WELL. YOU MAY SUBSTITUTE
IF YOU WISH, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE VEGETABLES CHOSEN WILL ROAST .
1 small courgette
1 small onion
1/2 pepper—any colour
6 cherry tomatoes
3 tblsp olive oil
100g pasta shapes
Small bottle pasta sauce
75g cheddar cheese (please grate at home)
2-3 tsp wholegrain mustard (optional)
You will need to provide a largish deep ovenproof dish to cook it in, plus a tin to carry
it home in.
The dish can be reheated in the oven or microwave.
Serve as an alternative to potatoes with chicken or sausages etc.
14. Cupcakes
DATE………………………….
SKILLS TAUGHT;
1 stage cake making or creaming method, baking, freezing.
150g margarine or butter
150g caster sugar
150g self-raising flour
3 medium / 2 large eggs
1tsp vanilla essence
12 cupcake cases
SERVES 12
You need 2 labelled freezer bags to freeze your cakes in.
N.B.
This practical is part 1 of 2— next week they will be decorating the cakes and
bringing it home.
15. DECORATING THE CAKES
DATE……………………….
SKILLS TAUGHT; using buttercream, piping, presentation.
BUTTERCREAM
200g soft butter
200g icing sugar, sifted
Vanilla essence
Bring 50p for food colouring school will provide
You will need to provide a tin to carry the finished cake home in