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.

Tamaki Year 8 boys - American chocolate brownies

American Chocolate Brownies

Making food from around the world has been interesting. Last week we made American chocolate brownies. They came out perfect and tasted really nice. Following recipe instructions made it a lot easier for us. Below is the recipe that we used.Try them they taste yum!

Ingredients

175g butter softened

1c sugar

2tsp vanilla essence

3 eggs beaten

250g cooking chocolate chopped

1c flour

Icing sugar to dust

1 c walnuts chopped (optional)

Method

Melt the butter and cooking chocolate in a saucepan over a low heat.

Remove from heat and add sugar flour, vanilla and eggs

Stir until well combined

Pour mixture in 20cm square tin lined on the base with baking paper.

Bake at 180Degrees for 40 minutes. Leave in tin for 10minutes before turning out on wire rack.

When cold, dust with icing sugar or ice with chocolate icing and top with chopped walnuts. Cut into 4cm squares. Makes 25squares

By Blessing Falaniko David Vila Zachariah and Mahonalei

Year 8 - Chocolate truffles

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St Heliers Year 8- Chocolate Truffles.

Last week was really awesome in the cooking class. We got what we thought was a treat of the year. We made yummy "Chocolate Truffles". They are quick and easy to make. We especially had a lot of fun bashing up the biscuits using a rolling pin. Our Chocolate Truffles were coated with coconut. An interesting ingredient we put in the Chocolate Truffles was orange juice, we only thought it was for drinking only! They had a sweet smell of chocolate and wine biscuits. We definitely are going to try and make them at home now that we have a recipe for them. Below is the recipe we used. Try them I bet you will love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yum Yum!

Ingredients125g butter, 250g packet wine biscuits, 1/4c cocoa powder, 1c icing sugar, 1/2c coconut, 3tbsp orange juice, extra coconut for rolling, (Optional: 1/4c chopped walnuts or chopped sultanas)

Method

Warm the butter until soft. Do not melt.

Break the biscuits into pieces and put them in a plastic bag.

Bang the bag with a rolling pin until all the biscuits are crumbs

Shake through sieve into a large bowl. bang the big pieces of biscuits again

Sift cocoa and icing sugar into bowl and add coconut then beat well to mix.

Add the orange juice and beat. Stir the chopped walnuts or saltana if you want them in the truffles.

With wet hands roll small spoonfuls in balls. Shake in bowl with coconut.

Refridgerate several hours until firm then pack in airtight jars. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!