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Making veggie tarts

I can use food skills to make veggie tarts.

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Making veggie tarts

I can use food skills to make veggie tarts.

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Key learning points

  1. Quiches are savoury tarts, comprising a pastry crust and a filling of eggs and milk and/or cream, with roots in France.
  2. During cooking, the pastry becomes crisp (due to the fat in the flour) and the egg mixture sets (known as coagulation).
  3. Eggs that have the British Lion mark have been produced to ensure high levels of food safety and traceability.
  4. The food skills used to make tarts are measuring, rubbing-in, rolling-out, forming, cutting, lining and using the oven.
  5. The outcome of a final dish can be judged by a set of criteria.

Keywords

  • Quiche - a savoury tart; a pastry crust and a savoury egg/cream filling

  • Shortcrust - a type of traditional pastry used for tarts, pies and flans

  • Coagulation - the process of changing a liquid to a solid

  • Criteria - a standard by which something may be judged

Common misconception

Shortcrust pastry works best when cold butter (or baking fat) and water are used. If warm, the fat is harder to rub into the flour, and the pasty is hard to roll-out and use.

Make sure the butter or baking fat is cold, and that pupils use cold water, this helps to ensure that the pastry works better. When rubbing-in the fat to the flour, use fingertips only, as less heat is passed from the hands to the fat.


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Allow pupils to be creative, adding a range of different fresh, canned or frozen vegetables and fresh/dried herbs.
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For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.

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  • Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
  • Risk assessment required - equipment
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Adult supervision required

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which equipment is used to measure liquids?
weighing scales
Correct answer: measuring jug
Correct answer: measuring spoons
Q2.
To ensure good food hygiene, what do you need to do before you cook?
Correct answer: Remove watches and jewellery.
Correct answer: Wear a clean apron.
Wear a jumper.
Q3.
What is the main ingredient in pastry?
butter
sugar
water
Correct answer: flour
Q4.
A is used to roll out pastry.
Correct Answer: rolling pin, rollingpin
Q5.
What is used to place and remove a baking tray in an oven?
tea towel
dish cloth
Correct answer: oven glove
Q6.
Match the three main parts of a cooker to the cooking method/food.
Correct Answer:Hob,Stir-frying noodles
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Stir-frying noodles

Correct Answer:Grill,Toasting sliced bread
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Toasting sliced bread

Correct Answer:Oven,Baking muffins
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Baking muffins

6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? Shortcrust pastry works best when warm butter (or baking fat) and water are used.
True
Correct answer: False
Q2.
What is another name for a savoury tart?
quince
Correct answer: quiche
quail
quinoa
Q3.
What food skill is being shown here?
An image in a quiz
rolling-out
Correct answer: rubbing-in
forming
Q4.
Which of these could be used as criteria to assess how successful the final dish is?
Correct answer: the pastry has a golden brown appearance
worked safety and tidily
Correct answer: the egg is thoroughly cooked and set
used the bridge hold correctly
Q5.
Order the veggie tarts recipe in the correct sequence.
1 - Make and roll-out the shortcrust pastry.
2 - Cut into circle and place in the tin.
3 - Add grated cheese in the circles.
4 - Whisk the egg and milk, and pour in the pastry circles.
5 - Slice the tomato and place on top.
6 - Bake.
Q6.
During cooking, the egg and milk mixture sets (becomes firm) due to the heat. This process is known as .
Correct Answer: coagulation

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