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Making a Chicago style pizza

Informed food choices

Unit Summary

This unit develops pupils' knowledge of food choice, and how occasion and location can have an influence. Food skills and nutrition understanding are further developed through practical work, and the use of components are explored.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use food skills to make a Chicago style pizza, using a scone based dough.

Key Notes

  • Uniquely, a Chicago pizza has a deep-dish crust, allowing for extra sauce and toppings. It appeared in the USA in 1943.
  • The baking dish or tin should be greased with oil and/or lined, acting as a barrier to prevent sticking.
  • The food skills used to make a Chicago style pizza are measuring, rubbing-in, forming a dough, and using an oven.
  • To make a dish more quickly, ready-made components can be used, e.g. ready grated cheese, tomato topping, pizza base.
  • We can judge independent and confident use of food skills when cooking and suggest improvements for the future.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • Chicago: the capital city of the state Illinois, in the USA
  • dough: a mixture of flour and water/milk, used for bread and pastry
  • component: ingredients that have been partly or wholly prepared and/or cooked
  • lining: to place greaseproof paper or lay dough/pastry in a baking tin

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Baking tins do not need to be greased and/or lined.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Uniquely, a Chicago pizza has a deep-dish crust, allowing for extra sauce and toppings. It appeared in the USA in 1943. The baking dish or tin should be greased with oil and/or lined, acting as a barrier to prevent sticking.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Chicago'

the capital city of the state Illinois, in the USA.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Baking tins do not need to be greased and/or lined. Correction: It is important to grease (with oil) or line (with greaseproof paper) a baking tin, as this acts as a barrier and prevents the food from sticking.

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