Making paska
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use food skills to make paska.
Key learning points
- Paska is a Ukrainian bread eaten at Easter and taken to church.
- There are many foods that are eaten to mark religious events and special occasions.
- The food skills used to make paska include measuring, zesting, juicing, mixing, kneading, shaping and using the oven.
Keywords
Religion - a system of faith, belief and worship
Ukraine - a country in Eastern Europe
Paska - a traditional Easter bread from the Ukraine
Kneading - the process of pulling, folding and stretching a dough
Zesting - to scrape away the outer layer of peel from a citrus fruit
Common misconception
Bread dough does not need to be kneaded.
Bread dough should be kneaded for 10 minutes, as it helps it to become smooth and elastic. Kneading helps the dough to rise.
Teacher tip
Get pupils to work in pairs or small groups to make the dough. Then divide the dough and allow them to shape their paska individually. Foil trays could be used to keep the paska in shape.
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 food skill is being demonstrated here?
Q2.Before we cook, we should wash our hands and wear a clean .
Q3.Match the food to the stages of production:
seeds grow, 'ears' of grain, combine harvester
growing on trees, flowers pollinated, picked in an orchard
sown in paddy fields, lots of water, plants cut and harvested
Q4.What number should a weighing scale display before you weigh 100 g of flour?
Q5.The Eatwell Guide recommends that cakes, biscuits and crisps should be eaten ...
Q6.Match how the following foods are cooked:
oven (baking)
hob (frying)
grill
hob (boiling)
hob (stir-frying)
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? Bread dough does not need to be kneaded.
Q2.Paska is a traditional Easter bread from the ...
Q3.Match the religious festival to the food served:
Latkes (potato pancakes) and Challah (bread)
Hot cross buns and Easter eggs
Sweets (laddos, barfis) and savoury snacks (samosas)
Kheer (a rice pudding) and sticky rice with mango
Q4.What food skill is happening here?
Q5. fruits can all be juiced this way.
Q6.Sort the following paska recipe into the correct order:
To help you plan your 5 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making paska, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
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