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Let's make butter bean hummus on crackers

I can make butter bean hummus.

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Let's make butter bean hummus on crackers

I can make butter bean hummus.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Different pieces of equipment have specific jobs.
  2. The food skills used to make butter bean hummus are mashing, mixing and spreading.
  3. Hummus is a dip traditionally made from chickpeas, originating from the Middle East.

Keywords

  • Hummus - a dip usually made with chickpeas

  • Mashing - to crush food to make smooth

  • Spreading - to cover food with another ingredient

Common misconception

Hummus can only be made with chickpeas.

Hummus can be made with a variety of beans and legumes.


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Pre-prepare some ingredients in advance, such as draining the canned butter beans - this saves time and less to do in a busy class. Create a central ingredient station - this allow pupils, in pairs or small groups, to collect the ingredients they need to make their hummus.
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Equipment

For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.

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Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
  • Risk assessment required - equipment
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Supervision

Adult supervision required

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Licence

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Lesson video

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4 Questions

Q1.
What are these?
An image in a quiz
forks
Correct answer: spoons
knives
Q2.
What would I use to spread butter on bread?
A spoon
A fork
Correct answer: A table knife
Q3.
Match the following:
Correct Answer:knife,to cut food
tick

to cut food

Correct Answer:spoon,to mix food
tick

to mix food

Correct Answer:bowl,to hold food
tick

to hold food

Q4.
True or false? Knives are sharp.
Correct answer: True
False

5 Questions

Q1.
True or false? Hummus can only be made with chickpeas.
True
Correct answer: False
Q2.
Where in the world did hummus originally come from?
Correct answer: Turkey
Iceland
Correct answer: Egypt
England
Q3.
To make butter bean hummus, we used a fork to the beans.
Correct Answer: mash
Q4.
We used a to spread the hummus.
Correct Answer: table knife, knife
Q5.
Put the recipe into the correct order.
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1 - Mash the butter beans.
2 - Add the yogurt and lemon juice.
3 - Mix everything together..
4 - Spread over the crackers.

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