Making a Chicago style pizza
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use food skills to make a Chicago style pizza, using a scone based dough.
Key learning points
- Uniquely, a Chicago pizza has a deep-dish crust, allowing for extra sauce and toppings. It appeared in the USA in 1943.
- The baking dish or tin should be greased with oil and/or lined, acting as a barrier to prevent sticking.
- The food skills used to make a Chicago style pizza are measuring, rubbing-in, forming a dough, and using an oven.
- To make a dish more quickly, ready-made components can be used, e.g. ready grated cheese, tomato topping, pizza base.
- We can judge independent and confident use of food skills when cooking and suggest improvements for the future.
Keywords
Chicago - the capital city of the state Illinois, in the USA
Dough - a mixture of flour and water/milk, used for bread and pastry
Component - ingredients that have been partly or wholly prepared and/or cooked
Lining - to place greaseproof paper or lay dough/pastry in a baking tin
Common misconception
Baking tins do not need to be greased and/or lined.
It is important to grease (with oil) or line (with greaseproof paper) a baking tin, as this acts as a barrier and prevents the food from sticking.
Teacher tip
Allow pupils to choose their own pizza toppings. If you provide ingredients, provide a selection (checking for an allergies). Instead of sandwich tins, a flan ring (on a baking tray) or round foil trays can be used. If time is tight, allow pupils to use different ingredient components.
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 is the main ingredient in the base of a pizza?
Q2.What are these used for?
Q3.What food skill is being shown here?
Q4.Match the country with its famous dish.
pizza
sushi
haggis
tandoori chicken
Q5.From the top to the bottom, place the layers of this pizza in the correct order.
Q6.It is important to be safe and when preparing and cooking food.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is happening in this image?
Q2.True or false? Baking tins do not need to be greased and/or lined.
Q3.Which is the best description for a calzone?
Q4.Match the ingredient to the correct measuring equipment.
weighing scales
measuring jug
measuring spoons
Q5. are ingredients that have been partly or wholly prepared and/or cooked.
Q6.Put this pizza recipe in the correct order.
To help you plan your 7 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making a Chicago style pizza, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 7 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making a Chicago style 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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