Specifiek 6H Unit 2 What's cooking?

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Specifiek 6H Unit 2 What's cooking?

Step 1: What’s cooking in your kitchen?

1. Watch the video about a professional chef explaining essential kitchen tools. Answer the questions.

a) The chef talks about three categories. Make an overview of these categories.

b) Add a tool you use and an example.

2. Watch the second part of the video. The chef provides you with a whole range of kitchen appliances (= tools). Answer the questions.

a) Do you know all these tools? Do you sometimes use them?

b) Which of these are, in your opinion, the most essential? Which ones are less essential?

3. Look at the kitchen tools below and write the correct word below the tool.

Check the next page if you want the options.

6. Look at the recipe below to make a vegetarian lasagne.

a) Highlight all the verbs that tell us what to do.

b) Write the verbs in the grid (use the infinitive form).

c) Complete the grid with the translation. If you don’t know, look it up online.

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8. Choose three verbs mentioned above and use them in a sentence explaining the verb's meaning.

9. Watch the fragment of “The Bear”. How can you describe their language in the kitchen? Why would that be so? Discuss in class.

10. Read the text ‘How to talk like a real-life line cook’.

a) Highlight words you don’t understand. First ask a classmate if they know the word. If not, consult a(n online) dictionary.

b) Look at the kitchen slang mentioned in the text. Write the expressions with the correct description. Look it up if necessary.

a) Guests could no longer order the lobster.

b) The sabayon was prepared fresh.

c) The steak was fried too hard.

d) The sous-chef didn’t show without any notice.

Step 2: Talking about food and quantity

1. Read the ingredients you need to prepare pesto tagliatelle and highlight the measurements.

Dash 

Drop

Dollop

Handful

Knob

Pinch

Scoop

Sprinkle

A small, quick shake of an ingredient, like pepper.

A tiny amount picked up between two fingers, like salt

A loose amount that fits in the palm of your hand, like herbs.

A spoonful that is heaping or slightly rounded, like sour cream.

A small chunk, typically of butter, roughly thumb-sized.

A minimal amount added drop-by-drop, like vanilla extract.

Lightly scattering a small amount, often of a powdered spice, like cinnamon.

An amount that fills a standard scoop, like ice cream.

a) To start the cookies, add a ________ of salt to the flour mixture.

b) For a delicious salad dressing, add a ________ of olive oil.

c) Serve the pie with a big ________ of whipped cream on top!

d) Garnish the soup with a ________ of fresh parsley before serving.

e) Place a small ________ of butter in the hot pan and let it melt.

f) Add a ________ of milk to the sauce to make it creamier.

g) Measure a ________ of chocolate chips for the batter.

h) Finally, add a ________ of chili powder to give it a little kick.

Step 3: Reading recipes

What do you need to write in a recipe?

2. Read the recipe to make banana bread and answer the questions.

a. Highlight the different parts of the recipe.

b. Then complete the grid with what is meant by each part.

3. Watch Jamie Oliver preparing a classic Carbonara and complete the recipe.