Macaroni Cheese.

A kiwi classic.
Simple, filling and tasty.
Consider serving with a side salad or steamed vege.
Warning: this dish has lots of fat (and energy) in it.
Remember to cook the pasta properly or the Mafia will get you!

Macaroni (Maccheroni) Cheese

Equipment

Pot

Small fry pan

Wooden spoon

Wooden board

Sharp knife

Measuring cup/spoons

Sieve

Large bowl

Ingredients (per pair)

Maccheroni pasta, 1 cup

Salt, pinch

Butter, 25g

Onion,1/2, finely diced

Flour, 2 Tbsp

Bacon, 3 rashers, diced

Mustard powder, 1/2 tsp

Milk, 3/4 cup

Cheese, tasty, 1/4 cup (1 ramekin)

Salt & Pepper for seasoning

Parsley, 1 tsp, finely chopped

Method

1.    Fill the pot ¾ full of hot water and bring to the boil (high heat)

2.    Add a pinch of salt.

3.    Add the pasta when the water is rapidly boiling. Stir to stop the pasta sticking.

4.    Boil until the pasta is “al dente” (soft but firm). Taste to check.

5.    Drain through sieve and place in large bowl

6.    Heat up the fry pan (moderate heat).

7.    Add the butter and melt.

8.    Add the diced onion and bacon and cook until onion goes clear and soft.

9.    Add the flour and stir in until it goes frothy (making a roux)

10. Add mustard powder.

11. Take the pan off the heat and add the milk gradually, a bit at a time. Stir constantly.

12. Place back on the heat and bring to the boil, stirring all the time. The sauce should thicken up.

13.  Add the cheese and stir through.

14. Take of the heat and season with salt and pepper. Add chopped parsley.

15. Pour the sauce into the bowl with the pasta and mix through.

16. Serve and eat

Foods Academy 1.

 Foods Academy Ideas

The Academy class is about taking capable students and allowing them to experience new recipes/ techniques and tastes. We will try things that extend the students knowledge, minds and stomachs.

But remember, the ultimate goal is to produce wonderful food for others! The joy and appreciation you get from feeding others is what I want you to experience.

Note: being in Academy, may mean that you are not a priority for the extension classes, especially if you were in an extension class last year.

We will need about 15-17 lessons (every Wednesday 10.40- 12.15pm+).

Bring a container, an open mind and a curious stomach.

Group A

Begin week 5, Term 1. End week 8 Term 2.

Group B

Begin week 1, Term 3. End week 8 Term 2.

Ideas:

·      Pasta making

·      Pavlova and meringues

·      Chocolate shapes

·      Making a soft cheese

·      Roasting/ spit roasting/ BBQ

·      Hangi/umu

·      Salads and dressings

·      Bread making

·      Stocks and sauces

·      Filleting and cooking fish

·      Create and maintain a vegetable/ herb garden

·      Cooking for events (birthdays, xmas, family dinners etc)

·      Catering for various functions (Maori and Pacific Island consultation evening- Thursday, 4 April)

·      Ethnic foods (Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Pacific, Italian, French, Spanish etc)

·      Creating menus, writing menus and costing dishes

·      Chickens and eggs

·      Visiting a restaurant/ catering company

·      Every student demonstrates and presents a dish

·      Make icecream, sorbet, sundaes

·      Cakes and muffins

·      Rockyroad

·      Cinnamon rolls

·      Fudge

·      Wontons/ spring rolls

·      Pies and pastries

·      Noodles

·      Tarts

·      Curries

·      Cheese fondue

  Apple cake 

   

    Ingredients 

·       3 - 4 Apples (any tasty kind will do!)

·       3/4 Tablespoon of Cinnamon

·       3/4 Tablespoons of Sugar

·       1 & 1/2 Cups flour

·       1/2 Tablespoon of baking powder

·       1/2 teaspoon of salt

·       1/2 cup of vegetable oil

·       1 cup of sugar

·       1/4 cup of juice from an orange

·       1 & 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla

·       2 eggs

·       1 cup chopped assorted nuts (optional)

Method

1.      Preheat oven to 180 Degrees Celcius

2.      Butter or oil a cake tin

3.      Remove skin and cores from the apples. Chop up apples into small cubes and place in a container with a lid

4.      Sprinkle Cinnamon and 3/4 Tablespoon of sugar over apples & put the lid on the container then lightly shake it until the apples are coated. Set aside.

5.      Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a mixing bowl.

6.      In a separate bowl mix oil, orange juice, sugar, vanilla and eggs. Mix well.

7.      Add wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix together lightly until mixed well.

8.      Add half of the container of apples into the mixture and mix lightly. Also add assorted nuts if you are using these.

9.      Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin.

10.   With the remaining apples, sprinkle these on top of the cake.

11.   Evenly pour the remaining juices from the apple container - this gives the cake more moisture and sweetness.

12.   Bake at 180c for around 40 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.

13.   Serve hot with ice cream, or even amazing to eat on its own!

Sha