Tamaki Year 7 - Super sandwich

Sandwich styles are changing as the selection of breads and fillings expands. Sandwiches have become more varied and exciting. A sandwich used to be a simple filling placed between sliced bread, but now it can be a real meal. This week we made our sandwiches, using different kinds of bread and fillings. We had to choose our breads from the following list
Pita pocket
French stick
Vogels sandwich bread
Wraps
Then for the filling we had to choose from the list below
Shaved ham
Shaved chicken
Alfalfa sprouts
Grated carrts
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Cucumbers
margarine
Cheese slices
Mayonnaise
It was really exciting because we had to make sketches of our sandwiches before making them. So which meant that we had to make the sandwiches according our designs. They came out well,very colourful and they tasted really nice.

Tamaki Intermediate Year 8 Girls - Anzac biscuits

This week has been very exciting. We made yummy Anzac biscuits,they were really nice and they came out very perfect. As you can see from the picture below, they were golden and they tasted really nice.The recipe was very simple to follow. If you wanna try them, the recipe is below, have a go!

Ingredients1c flour, 1c rollled oats, half c coconut, 3tsp golden syrup, 140g butter, 3tsp boiling water 1tsp baking soda



Method
Sift the flour into a bowl then add rolled oats, coconut and sugar.
Melt the butter in a saucepan and add golden syrup and water.
Add baking soda and allow to foam then pour immediately into the dry ingredients.
Mix well then take small amounts of the mixture and press out thinly on a greased oven tray allowing space between each for spreading.
Bake in a slow oven as they burn easily.
Leave them to cool on a wire rack. Enjoy!

Oven 180 degrees.

Tamaki Intermediate Year 7 & 8 - Spring rolls

Since we are making food from other countries, this week we decided to make something from Asia. We were really excited and what made it fun was that we are in automn and we are making Spring rolls.Is'nt that funny? The recipe was not that easy to follow because of too many ingredients that we had to use. It was really challenging. The Spring rolls came out really well and they really tasted nice. Below is the recipe that we used.

Spring Rolls
Ingredients
½ carrot
Small wedge of cabbage
½ red or green pepper
2-3 mushrooms
50g bean sprouts
1 tablespoon oil
100g pork mince
½ teaspoon minced garlic
½ teaspoon minced ginger
1 teaspoon soya sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
Spring roll wrappers
Cold water

Method
Prepare the vegetables: grate the carrot, finely chop the cabbage, pepper and mushrooms and leave aside.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and brown the mince. Add garlic, ginger and other seasonings and sauces and cook for 5- 10minutes stirring occasionally.
Add the chopped vegetables and cook for a further 2- 3 minutes.
Lay out spring roll wrappers on a clean work surface with the point facing you. Brush the edge lightly with water.
Place 1 tablespoon of the prepared meat filling on the wrapper near the bottom corner.
Fold the sides in over the filling and roll tightly away from you.
Place on an oven tray with the corner edge underneath.
Bake on 200 degrees for 20 – 30 minutes.

Year 8 food from other countries

We have been travelling around the world. Today Monday 7 March we visited Mexico and we made delicious crunchy tacos. Making tacos was the best thing we have enjoyed. Below is the procedure of how to make tacos.

Ingredients
100g beef mince
1onion diced
4tbsp tomato paste
1/4tsp chilli powder
1clove crushed garlic
1tsp Worcester sauce
1tbsp olive oil
¼ water
½ can of 480g kidney beans

Method
Fry the mince for 3minutes or until brown in a frying pan
Add the diced onion and garlic
Add the chilli powder, tomato paste and Worcester sauce and cook for a further minutes
Add water and simmer for 10minutes
Microwave the Tacos on high for 1minute just before serving then pile the mince mixture quarters into each taco shell and top with shredded lettuce and grated cheese.

Variations for toppings – sliced tomato bean sprouts grated cheese shredded lettuce grated carrot.

Room 6 girls - Grilled drumsticks and salad

Wow! Cooking has been exciting this term. Grilling chicken legs was one of the most challenging things we did this term. The recipe was not very difficult to follow.Our drumsticks came out the way we expected and they tasted really nice with fresh salad that we also made.Below is the recipe for the drumsticks. We really enjoyed them. Try it you will enjoy.

Year 8 Party finger foods- Mini sausages wrapped in bacon

Wow! We really enjoyed making the mini sausages which were wrapped in bacon and secured with toothpicks. Sounds funny hey! It appeared really hard to make but it was so simple and exciting. The sausages tasted yummy and we accompanied them with fresh vegetables. Below is the recipe we followed.

Mini sausages wrapped in bacon

Ingredients

12 mini sausages or saveloys

6 rashers bacon

Tooth picks

Sauce

¾ c tomato sauce

2 tbsp orange juice

!/4 tsp onion salt

¼ tsp pepper

I tsp brown sugar

Method

1. Slice bacon in to thirds

2. Wrap each sausage with a 1/3 slice of bacon and secure with a tooth pick

3. Arrange the wrapped sausages in an oven tray and brush them with sauce

4. Bake in a hot oven for 15 – 20 minutes or until bacon is crispy.

Serve with fresh salad or vegesticks

Year 7 Party finger foods

In Food tech we are learning new cooking skills. On 27 October we made Meat and vegetable kebabs. It was our first time to use the griller and we were very nervous but we made it. Below is the recipe for kebabs and the picture of what we made. The kebabs tasted nice and we really enjoyed eating them.

Meat Fruit and Vegetable Kebabs

Diced beef pieces or frankfurters

Onion pieces

Pineapple pieces

Mushrooms

Capsicum pieces

Sauce

2tbsp melted butter

2tbsp fruit juice

2tbsp tomato sauce

Method

Thread the meat, fruit and vegetables onto skewers.

Brush the food with the sauce.

Cook under griller for 10 to 12 minutes, turning occasionally.

Serve the kebabs on boiled rice.