Tamaki Intermediate - Spaghetti bolognese

Making foods from different countries has been exciting.We made spaghetti bolognese on the last day of the first cycle. Making it was not very hard.The recipe was very simple to follow although we had a lot of ingredients to use. Below is the recipe that we used. Try it you wont go wrong. Ours tasted nice and we really enjoyed it.

Ingredients
1tbsp oil
1/2 tsp crushed garlic
1/2 onion
200gm mince
1tbsp flour
1/2tsp salt
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried oregano
4tbsp tomato puree
200g spaghetti

Method
Heat the oil in a frying pan
Saute the onion and garlic until onion is clear
Add mince,flour,basil and oregano stirring until mince is brown
Add tomato puree and simmer for about 30minutes
While sauce is cooking, cook spaghetti in boiling salted water
When spaghetti is soft, drain water
Place the meat sauce on top of spaghetti and garnish with grated cheese.
Serve warm.

Tamaki Intermediate Year 7 - Savoury muffins

This week we made savoury muffins. It was interesting because besides the basic muffin ingredients, we had to choose suitable ingredients that gave colour and flavour to our muffins. Our group chose bacon and cheese. Below is the recipe for our Bacon and cheese muffins.

Ingredients
1 cup flour
1tsp baking powder
1/3 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 cup shredded bacon
1/4 cup grated cheese

Method
Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and make a hollow in the centre.
In another bowl combine oil, milk and egg and whisk together well.
Pour egg mixture into the hollow in the dry ingredients. Add bacon and gently mix until just combined. (Do not overmix or muffins will be tough)
Place tablespoonfuls in the muffin pans and sprinkle with grated cheese. bake in oven for 12-15 minutes.
Remove from heat oven and cool on a wire rack.

Variations
baked beans
sweetcorn
ham