Making Mexican pockets
I can use food skills to make Mexican pockets.
Making Mexican pockets
I can use food skills to make Mexican pockets.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Recipes can be inspired by cuisines around the world. These pockets are inspired by the dish Tetelas, from Mexico.
- Recipes can be modified to meet the needs and preferences of different people.
- Spices and herbs can be added to a dish for added flavour and aroma, and enhanced taste and appearance.
- The food skills used to make pockets are measuring, grating, slicing, dicing, portioning, folding and using the oven.
Keywords
Mexico - a country in southern North America
Mexican - relating to Mexico
Modify - to make changes to something
Dicing - to cut food into small cubes
Portioning - to divide equally
Common misconception
For extra flavour in a recipe, only salt and pepper can be used.
There are lots of ingredients that could be used, such as spices, herbs, and other aromatic ingredients e.g. lemon grass, harissa.
To help you plan your year 5 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making Mexican pockets, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
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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
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
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