Making a tear 'n' share pizza
I can use food skills to make a tear 'n' share pizza.
Making a tear 'n' share pizza
I can use food skills to make a tear 'n' share pizza.
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Lesson details
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.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
flour, which is from wheat
milk, which is produced by a cow
tomatoes, which are from a plant
meat, which is from a pig
fresh basil, which is dried
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
the flour, yeast, salt and water together to make a dough.
the dough for 10 minutes to make it smooth and elastic.
the dough, so it could rise.
using a rolling pin.