Fruit Crumble

Hello reader, This week on Thursday we made a fruit crumble for home economics. In my group, the ingredients that my group had to use were flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, butter and we also had some apples that are already for the class. But you can have anything that you like in your fruit crumble. My opinion on fruit crumble was that I loved it and I would make it again. Here's the recipe if you would like to make it yourself. 

Fruit Crumble                             Serves  4   

½ c Flour                                                           

½ t Cinnamon                                              

½ c Brown Sugar (not packed)

65 g cold Butter (cut into small cubes)                                                                           

½ c Rolled Oats (Wholegrain oats)

1 – 2 medium-sized Apples (cooking apples eg Granny Smith work well)

1 D White Sugar                                

1 T Water

Method    

     * Preheat oven to Fan Bake 180°C).

1. Put flour, cinnamon and brown sugar into a medium bowl.

2. Rub butter lightly into the flour mixture.

3. Add rolled oats and mix with a fork.

4. Peel and quarter the apples. Cut the core out and slice each quarter into thin slices.

5. Place into a greased pie dish.

6. Sprinkle with white sugar and water.

7. Spoon this mixture evenly over the apples to cover them.

8. Bake on Fan bake for 10 -15 min or until the edge is going brown.

Remember to prepare the crumble topping first before preparing the apples. 

Work quickly to lightly rub in butter so the mixture stays as cool as possible.

Place prepared apples in cold lightly salted water to stop them from going brown. Drain well before putting the apple into the pie dish.

You can use other fruit: pears, fresh or frozen berries, peaches, cooked rhubarb etc.

Cooking times can sometimes vary from 15 -20+ minutes.

Allow the cooked Apple Crumble to sit for about 5-10 minutes before serving.

Serve with custard, yoghurt or ice cream. 

The uncooked crumble topping freezes well in a bag for later use.

Remember you can use stewed, tinned or frozen fruits.

Self Saucing Chocolate Dessert in a Mug

Hello reader, This week on Thursday we made  Self Saucing Chocolate Dessert in a Mug for home economics. In my group, the ingredients that my group used were flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, milk, butter melted, and vanilla. But you can have anything that you like in your Self Saucing Chocolate Dessert in a Mug. My opinion on  Self Saucing Chocolate Dessert in a Mug was that I loved it and I would make them again. 

Here are the recipes so you can make them yourself. 

Self Saucing Chocolate Dessert in a Mug

3 T Flour

3 T Sugar

1½ T Cocoa Powder

½ t  Baking Powder

3 T Milk

2½ T Butter melted

¼ t Vanilla

Topping

1½ T Brown Sugar

1 t Cocoa Powder         

3 T Hot Water  

Method

1. In a small bowl add flour, sugar cocoa powder and baking powder. Stir together

2. Add to this the milk, butter and vanilla. Mix until fully combined

3. Pour half into each of the 2 ramekins or microwave proof mugs. (leave room to rise!)

4. Sprinkle topping evenly over the surface 

5. Carefully pour over the hot water. Make sure it is evenly spread

6. Cook in the microwave for 1½ min. Remove carefully once cooked

7. Serve with ice cream, custard or a dessert sauce

Rice paper rolls

Hello reader, This week on Thursday we made rice paper rolls for home economics. In my group, I had one other person to make the rice paper rolls. The ingredients that my group used were carrots, capsicum, Cucumber, Lettuce, and some other stuff, but you can have anything that you like in your rice paper rolls. My opinion on rice paper rolls was that I don't really like it because of the texture them.  
These is the recipes so you can make them yourself.

Rice paper rolls
Quick and easy rice paper rolls. Use any combination of your favourite ingredients. SERVES 4 TIME TO MAKE 30 - 45 mins
Ingredients:
 
Carrots 
Capsicum 
2 Rice paper sheet per person
Cucumber
Lettuce
Parsley
 
 
Method:
1) Dip the rice paper sheets in cold water and lay out on a clean bench top and let them soften for a minute
2) Place your selection of fillings in the middle of the softened sheet
3) Fold two sides of the sheet towards the middle
4) Roll into a cylinder shape
5) Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
 
Things to remember when making these spring rolls.
You don’t need to soak the rice paper sheets, just wet them, they will soften after a minute
Use predominantly vegetables and herbs as fillings
Try to use a combination of ingredients that balance flavour, texture and nutrients
You can use any combination of ingredients for filling so just use what you like and have available

VEGETARIAN NACHOS

Hello reader, This week on Thursday we made vegetarian nachos for home economics. In my group, I had two other people in my group to help make vegetarian nachos.  

The ingredients that my group used were red onion, Corn and some other stuff. But you can have anything that you like in your vegetarian nachos My opinion on vegetarian nachos is that I enjoy them and I would like to make them again. 

These is the recipes so you can make them yourself.

VEGETARIAN  NACHOS

Ingredients
1T Oil
¼ Capsicum (diced)
½ Red Onion (finely chopped)
½ c Corn
½ can Chopped Tomatoes
½ can Red Chilli Beans
Nacho seasoning 
Corn Chips
½ c Grated Cheese
Avocado (optional)
Sour cream to serve (optional)

Method
Step 1
Gather equipment and ingredients in correct amounts!
Step 2
Prepare the vegetables:  capsicum and onion
Step 3
In a large non-stick pan: 
Saute onion with 1T of Oil for 2 mins. Add capsicum 
Step 4
Then add to the pan:
Corn, ½ can of tomatoes, ½ can of chilli or baked beans
Stir, and cook for 3-4 minutes until tomato is just softened 
Step 5
Arrange a large handful of corn chips on a plate and heat in microwave
Spoon the bean mixture on top of corn chips, top with cheese, avocado and sour cream

Open Steak Sandwich.

Hello reader, This week we made an open steak sandwich for Home Economics. In my group I had four other people helping to make the open steak sandwich.

The ingredients that my group used were tomatoes, red Onion rings, cheese,

avocado, beef shnitzel and mayonnaise and same other stuff. But you can have anything that you like in your open steak sandwich. I personally really like the open steak sandwich. It had a lot of flavor to it and I would like to have it again.

Open Steak Sandwich                       (Serves 4)

Beef Schnitzel-  trimmed, about 1cm thickness (can be shredded & marinated before cooking)
Oil (for cooking meat)
4 Bread rolls or 1 ciabatta loaf, cut into 4 pieces
Mayonnaise
Sauces - own choice eg Tomato, BBQ, Sweet Chilli
Lettuce, Spinach or Mesclun salad leaves
Tomatoes, sliced
Red Onion rings
Cheese slices
Avocado 
 
1. Quickly pan fry the meat over a medium-high heat until just cooked, turning once during cooking. Allow resting for 5 minutes. Serve as a piece or shredded
 
2. Cut rolls or ciabatta loaf pieces in half. These can be warmed or toasted if desired.
  Spread the tops and the bottoms of the bread with mayonnaise and /or sauces chosen
 
3. Top half the bread with lettuce etc, tomato slices, steak and any other ingredients
 
4. Cover with the remaining bread pieces 
 
5. Serve
 
                                   

Chicken Stir Fry

Hello reader. This week on Thursday we made chicken stir fry for home economics. In my group I had four other people helping to make the chicken stir fry.

The ingredients that my group used were chicken breast, carrot, onion, broccoli, peas and some other stuff. But you can have anything that you like in your chicken stir fry.

Ingredients:
1 Chicken Breast
1 Carrot - julienne strip
1 Onion - diced
3-4 pieces of Broccoli - small florets
1 Zucchini - sliced
Other Vegetables - capsicum, mushrooms, peas, corn, celery, chilli etc 
2T Sesame oil
1 pkt 2 min Noodles

Method:

1. Cut chicken into strips

2. Place chicken in a glass bowl with sesame oil. Mix together

3. Prepare vegetables 

4. Sauté chicken and onions together. Sauté means to cook quickly to brown. 

5. Add broccoli and carrots and stir fry (cook) for five minutes.

6. Add the remaining vegetables and cook for a further 5 min

7. Bring a pot of water to the boil

8. Add the broken noodles into the boiling water and cook for 2 minutes

9. Drain noodles in a colander and add to the vegetable and chicken mixture. Mix together lightly 

10.  Serve 

Pita pocket

This week on Thursday we made pita pocket for home economics. I had one other person in my group and we each on pita pocket.

This is the ingredients that my group used cheese, ham, chicken, lettuce, celery and the pita bread. But you can have anything that you like in your pita pocket. 

Ingredients:

• 1 Pita Bread per person 

• Lettuce - shredded or torn

• Cheese - grated

• Tomato - sliced or diced

• Carrot - grated 

• Cucumber - sliced

• Red Onion - rings or finely chopped

• Other vegetables: Celery, Capsicum, tinned Beetroot etc

• Sauces – Choice of Tomato, BBQ, Mayo, Hummus, Sweet Chilli

• Ham or Cooked Chicken Breast 

Method:

1. Prepare the vegetables and meat as required

2. Place pita bread in microwave for 20 seconds (optional)

3. Cut open the pita bread along the crease to make an opening

4. Fill pita pockets with required fillings and sauces

5. Serve

The nutrients groups that we used was carbohydrates at is the pita bread, protein at is the ham and chicken, vitamins at is the lettuce and celery, and minerals at is the

cheese. 

                         

The Design Process 9 Home Economics

The Design Process 9  Home Economics.

From the past term we have been design a little dessert for our stakeholder. We all had to be in groups and I get put in a group with Chloe and Candesse. My group stakeholder was my English teacher. We had to do a lot of activates and we had to make a shopping list, time management plan and we had to find out what the coasting was.

This is a recipe that we are using. ( Makes 3 pancakes) (Pancakes ) 

Sunday Pancakes. 

Ingredients

1 cup Self Raising Flour

2 Tbsp White Sugar

½ tsp finely grated lemon zest (optional)

1 cup  Milk (or Soy/Rice milk)

1 egg, lightly beaten

30g Butter, melted (or margarine)

To serve:

2 bananas, sliced

1 punnet blueberries (or frozen berries defrosted)

Flavoured Syrup - Butterscotch, Caramel, Vanilla, Maple or Honey Maple.

Method:

1. Sift the Self Raising Flour and Sugar into a bowl. 

2. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients. 

3.  Add the lemon zest, Milk, egg and melted butter/margarine and whisk to combine. 

4. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium low heat and grease lightly with butter or oil.

5. For each pancake, place 2 tablespoons of batter into the pan. 

Cook for 2 minutes or until bubbles form on the surface. 

Turn and cook for a further 1 to 2 minutes or until the pancakes are cooked through.

 Add: Berries, bananas and Flavoured Syrup - Butterscotch, Caramel, Vanilla, Maple or Honey Maple.

Here is some photos from our cooking group.

Feedback from Stakeholder. (My English Teacher)

Kineka,Candesse and Chloe.

 

Thanks for the delicious pancakes last week, it was such a sweet surprise!

I loved the colours of the toppings - the vibrant rich colours of the fruit contrasted nicely against the soft white cream. The pancakes were delicious and the batter was very smooth. I liked the overall presentation! 

Thanks

Evaluation:

I thought it was a bit under cooked but it was still good. I really liked how the blackberries give it a kick sour to the pancakes. Besides the under cooked pancakes, it was amazing. 

I thought the time management plan was not really good because we didn’t keep track of our plan or our time. We had the most simplest recipe in the class. I wouldn’t improve the recipe because it was really quick and simple. 

I thought that our group wasn’t really working together and next time I wish that we should have been in different groups instead of having our friends together.