Room 1: Family Recipes

BELOVED FAMILY RECIPES …

Learning Intention:

Students are to think of a family recipe with a backstory and then write and essay around that dish.

Students will share tales of beloved dishes, the mere thought of which can make mouths water (e.g. “As the steam from the macaroni rose, the smell seemed as if it had fallen from heaven,” writes Mark St. John Pete about his grandmother's macaroni and cheese, eaten around a full table in Washington, D.C.).

Others may focus on less, uh, beloved foods (e.g. “I think tamales do not rot because they can be in a fridge for weeks and look the same,” says Rolando Fuentes, who lost his taste for the bundled packages of corn masa, from his mother's native El Salvador, as a result of what you might call overexposure.).

Ideally, we would like to publish recipes and their accompanying stories that result in a cookbook of global cuisine with a heartfelt touch, revealing that storytelling may be the most important step in any recipe.

Writing these food-focused stories will help students become better writers, but it will also allow for them to delve into their identities and hone their reporting skills with their families, reinforcing important connections.

In order to fill holes in their narratives, many students may need to reach out to older family members for more information.

When students don’t know a detail or an ingredient, they will need to ask. (e.g.”Talk to your dad about it.” And they'd say, “Well I did talk to my dad. We had a conversation, and he told me all this stuff. I had no idea.”).

Kaesekuchen

(German Cheesecake)

By Amber Wotherspoon

Dough: Preparation:

330g Flour Get a bowl and put all the ingredients for
130g Sugar the dough. Mix well until all ingredients are
100g Butter combine. Then roll it in one big ball and set
2 large Eggs it aside. To make the filling for the cheesecake
2 Tsp Custard powder get one big bowl and add all ingredients and mix
1 ½ tsp Baking powder well with a spoon and set that aside. Then

get a 28 cm baking tin and roll the dough out

Filling: and place it in the tin which should cover the

1 kg low fat Quark bottom and sides of the baking tin. Before placing
300g Sugar the dough in the tin, remember to add some
3 Tsp Custard Powder oil spray so it can come out easily.
100ml Oil After putting the dough in the tin add the filling and
600ml Milk place in the oven for 35min and at 180C on
4 Eggs fan bake.
1 tsp Zest TIP: This is a great cake to have with coffee and

It is very traditional.

Family story:

The reason why this is such a great family recipe is because when my mum would have her birthday she would have a big KaeseKuchen and share it with the whole family. On hard working days, she would also come back home to have a slice of cake and a coffee. Another reason why it is a family recipe is because in the weekend, our family would come over to have a talk with some coffee and cake and have time to see each other.

Omelette Recipe

Image result for ham and cheese omelette

By Coby-Jay McLaren

Beat egg yolks and water together until pale yellow.

Beat egg whites until they form soft peaks,

and fold in yolk mixture.

Season with salt and pepper. Heat butter,
margarine or oil in a small omelette pan

(26cm is ideal).

Pour in the egg mixture and cook until it is golden-brown underneath.

Then place pan under a preheated hot grill and cook for a few minutes until golden-brown on top.

Remove then sprinkle ham and cheese onto half the omelette and fold over other half and slide out of the pan onto a warm plate.

Serve immediately

Sian's Homemade Pizza Recipe
By Summer Hannah

What you will need:

1 teaspoon of yeast 3 cups of flour

½ teaspoon of sugar 1 tablespoon of olive oil

300 ml of warm water 1 teaspoon of salt

Step 1 -

Mix the yeast, sugar and water together in a bowl. Leave in a warm place for 10 minutes until frothy.

Step 2 -

Mix the salt and the flour together in a large bow. Add the yeast mixture and oil. Mix until ingredients form a soft ball. Sprinkle flour onto a clean, dry work surface. Knead the dough for 5 minutes until smooth and stretchy.

Step 3 -

Lightly oil a large bowl. Sit the dough in the bowl and cover with a clean tea towel.

Stand in a warm place until dough doubles in size, this will take about 4 or 5 minutes.

Step 4 -

Lightly grease an oven tray. Preheat the oven to 220 c.

Step 5 -

Push your fist into the middle of the dough. Place on a lightly floured surface and knead for 1 minute.

Step 6 -

Roll the dough into a 30-cm- diameter circle to make one thick crust pizza. For thin-crust pizzas, divide the dough in half. Roll out each piece to a thickness of about 3 mm.

Step 7 -

Cover the pizza base lightly, to within 1 cm of the edge of the dough, with prepared tomato sauce {you can buy pizza sauce from your local supermarkets}. Top with any of the combinations. Bake for 15 minutes until golden.

No Bake Hay Hay Slice

By Ben Hay

Ingredients