Making a tear 'n' share pizza
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use food skills to make a tear 'n' share pizza.
Key learning points
- A pizza base is bread dough, which uses yeast. As the dough rests and bakes, yeast produces gas, which makes it rise.
- Precise cutting, spreading and rolling are important to make eight uniform sized pizza rolls which will cook evenly.
- The food skills needed to make a pizza include measuring, kneading, grating, spreading, rolling and using an oven.
- Pizzas can have a wide range of toppings, catering for many food preferences, health needs and occasions.
Keywords
Kneading - the process of pulling, folding and stretching the dough
Carbon dioxide - a colourless, odourless gas
Prove - in this context, allowing the dough to rest and the yeast to produce gas (carbon dioxide)
Yeast - a microorganism that produces a gas (carbon dioxide) during making and baking a dough
Common misconception
The base of a pizza is always covered in a sauce made from tomatoes.
While a sauce made from tomatoes is traditional, the base can also be covered in pesto, a cheese sauce, or just garlic and oil.
Teacher tip
Allow pupils to be creative with the different ingredients used for their pizzas. To make it manageable, have a small selection available from which pupils must choose. It is also a great opportunity for pupils to discuss the sensory properties of the ingredients they are using.
Equipment
For ingredients and equipment, see the recipe in additional materials.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What piece of equipment is being shown here?
Q2.True or false? Long sleeves do not need to be rolled-up before cooking.
Q3.Which of these shows the claw grip?
Q4.Match the origin of the following ingredients:
Q5.Which of these changes makes a healthier pizza meal?
Q6.It is important to be when preparing and cooking food.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? The base of a pizza is always covered in a sauce made from tomatoes.
Q2.Which ingredient in the dough produces a gas (carbon dioxide) which helps it to rise?
Q3.What food skill is being shown here?
Q4.The pizza dough was cut into eight __________ sized pieces so that they __________ evenly.
Q5.Match the food skill to make full sentences:
Q6.Sort the following pizza recipe into the correct order:
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To help you plan your 6 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making a tear 'n' share pizza, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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