Year 9 - Cooking and nutrition
Making Chelsea buns
Accurate and precise cooking
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Unit Summary
Through three recipes, the emphasis of this unit is on accurate and precise use of a range of food skills, and independent working. High standards of food safety are embedded, and pupils modify recipes for health and explore food science in action and the cost of ingredients.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use food skills to make Chelsea buns.
Key Notes
- Chelsea buns date back to the 18th century and were created in the Chelsea area of London by the Chelsea Bun House.
- Gluten, a protein, is formed from flour when liquid is added and the dough is kneaded, making it elastic.
- The food skills used to make Chelsea buns include measuring, mixing, kneading, rolling, cutting and using the oven.
- There are three main forms of heat transfer, which affect food in different ways.
- A final dish can be judged by a set of success criteria, including sensory attributes, cost and nutrition.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Chelsea buns: a sweet bun dough, rolled-up with a mixture of dried fruit, sugar and spices
- kneading: the process of pulling, folding and stretching dough
- gluten: a protein found mainly in flour milled from wheat
- heat transfer: the exchange of heat between two objects
- success criteria: descriptions of what a 'good one looks like' in order for it to be considered successful
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Any flour can be used to make a bread-like dough.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Chelsea buns date back to the 18th century and were created in the Chelsea area of London by the Chelsea Bun House. Gluten, a protein, is formed from flour when liquid is added and the dough is kneaded, making it elastic.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Chelsea buns'
a sweet bun dough, rolled-up with a mixture of dried fruit, sugar and spices.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Any flour can be used to make a bread-like dough. Correction: Although most flours will produce a dough, a strong flour is recommended as it is high in protein (gluten), which is needed to help trap the air and form the bread structure when baked.
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