Making veggie tarts
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use food skills to make veggie tarts.
Key learning points
- Quiches are savoury tarts, comprising a pastry crust and a filling of eggs and milk and/or cream, with roots in France.
- During cooking, the pastry becomes crisp (due to the fat in the flour) and the egg mixture sets (known as coagulation).
- Eggs that have the British Lion mark have been produced to ensure high levels of food safety and traceability.
- The food skills used to make tarts are measuring, rubbing-in, rolling-out, forming, cutting, lining and using the oven.
- 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
Some might think that shortcrust pastry works best when the butter (or baking fat) and water used are warm, not cold.
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.
Teacher tip
Allow pupils to be creative, adding a range of different fresh, canned or frozen vegetables and fresh/dried herbs.
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.Which equipment is used to measure liquids?
Q2.To ensure good food hygiene, what do you need to do before you cook?
Q3.What is the main ingredient in pastry?
Q4.A is used to roll out pastry.
Q5.What is used to place and remove a baking tray in an oven?
Q6.Match the three main parts of a cooker to the cooking method/food.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? Shortcrust pastry works best when warm butter (or baking fat) and water are used.
Q2.What is another name for a savoury tart?
Q3.What food skill is being shown here?
Q4.Which of these could be used as criteria to assess how successful the final dish is?
Q5.Order the veggie tarts recipe into the correct sequence.
Q6.During cooking, the egg and milk mixture sets (becomes firm) due to the heat. This process is known as ...
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