Today is the 18th of March, 2011
Because it is the end of term, we could only make one new recipe, which is Peppermint Crisp brownies. They were fairly easy to make and today Emily and I were one of the first groups finished, which was very exciting for us.
The Peppermint Crisp brownie taste really good and I would definitely make them again, but maybe i can experiment with with different chocolates, such as mars bars or cherry ripe. The only real problem we encountered is our oven, because it does not cook as fast as the electric ovens, so our cooking time was a little slower than we would have liked.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Hospitality Blog: Post Three
Today's date is the 16th of March, 2011.
These past couple of weeks we have cooked two recipes, Baked Tortellini with Vegetables and Pizza Strudel.
The Baked Tortellini was delicious. It involved a fair amount of preparation of the vegetables and careful watching while it was baking. I encountered a problem while carrying it, when the fat from the cheese spilled out and went all over my shirt and books, which caused a fair amount of cleaning up.
The pizza strudel was fairly easy to make, other than shredding the chicken because there was a lot of fat and bone in the pieces that we were given, which left us with not a lot of meat to shred. Also, when we put the strudels in the oven, it did not cook properly because our oven was not working as well as some of the other ovens. Due to this, we had to move our strudels to another oven so that they could cook.
Overall, these recipes were easy and quite fast to make, which makes them something that I would cook again.
These past couple of weeks we have cooked two recipes, Baked Tortellini with Vegetables and Pizza Strudel.
The Baked Tortellini was delicious. It involved a fair amount of preparation of the vegetables and careful watching while it was baking. I encountered a problem while carrying it, when the fat from the cheese spilled out and went all over my shirt and books, which caused a fair amount of cleaning up.
The pizza strudel was fairly easy to make, other than shredding the chicken because there was a lot of fat and bone in the pieces that we were given, which left us with not a lot of meat to shred. Also, when we put the strudels in the oven, it did not cook properly because our oven was not working as well as some of the other ovens. Due to this, we had to move our strudels to another oven so that they could cook.
Overall, these recipes were easy and quite fast to make, which makes them something that I would cook again.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Hospitality Blog Post Two
Today's date is the 2nd of March, 2011
Recently, we have made the ever delicious vegetarian sausage rolls, zucchini slice, lemon cheesecake and chilli con carne.
The recipe of the zucchini slice was made by my partner Emily Hayn and the vegetarian sausage rolls, was made by me. There were no major problems with making the sausage rolls, other than our food processor malfunctioning, this caused a slight problem as we needed to use our time wisely.
We next made lemon cheesecake, which I enjoyed, because it was simple to make as well as fun to decorate at the end, but I should have let it set for longer as the filling was not quite firm when I took it out of the fridge and it feel apart.
After the cheesecake, we made the chilli con carne, which was delicious. The only hiccup that occured was that we used slightly too much chilli, but I enjoyed this, as I like spicy foods. It was also hard timing the taking out of the chilli from the oven so that the cheese did not harden.
(Annoyingly, I forgot to post this on the actual date, so I am reposting it now)
Recently, we have made the ever delicious vegetarian sausage rolls, zucchini slice, lemon cheesecake and chilli con carne.
The recipe of the zucchini slice was made by my partner Emily Hayn and the vegetarian sausage rolls, was made by me. There were no major problems with making the sausage rolls, other than our food processor malfunctioning, this caused a slight problem as we needed to use our time wisely.
We next made lemon cheesecake, which I enjoyed, because it was simple to make as well as fun to decorate at the end, but I should have let it set for longer as the filling was not quite firm when I took it out of the fridge and it feel apart.
After the cheesecake, we made the chilli con carne, which was delicious. The only hiccup that occured was that we used slightly too much chilli, but I enjoyed this, as I like spicy foods. It was also hard timing the taking out of the chilli from the oven so that the cheese did not harden.
(Annoyingly, I forgot to post this on the actual date, so I am reposting it now)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Hospitality Blog: Post One
Today's date is the sixteenth of February 2011.
Okay, so so far in Hospitality we have used six recipes so far, my favourite being the sticky date pudding. We made chutney and cheese mini muffins first, which I liked after they were cooked, but not before, because the smell of parmesan doesn't exactly agree with me. The chutney smelled good though, even if it WAS tomato.
Next we made Jaffa Muffins, which I enjoyed immensly, not only because it was a sweet recipe, but also the first recipe that involved CHOCOLATE! Needless to say, I learnt new skills making Jaffa muffins, such as zesting.
The third recipe we used was Rigitoni with chicken and sundried tomato, which was, despite the tomato, was absolutely delicious. It helped me to work on different types of cuts, especially as I diced the chicken instead of stripping it.
The fourth recipe was the delightful chocolate mousse, which of course was another exciting recipe. I would have prefered milk chocolate to dark chocolate, health benefits aside, because the dark chocolate was a little rich for me. I learned how to melt chocolate properly over steam and I think I will definately be making mousse again!
Recipe number five and six were made on the same day, five being Sticky Date Pudding and the six being Chocolate Self-Saucing pudding and because we were making two recipes, my partner, Emily Hayn and I, spilt up, with Emily taking over on the chocolate pudding and me making the sticky date pudding. It was a good thing we split up, because otherwise we would have never been able to make both! I especially liked the Sticky date pudding, in particular the caramel sauce, even though it was incredibly sugary. Cutting the dates up took ages though....
Okay, so so far in Hospitality we have used six recipes so far, my favourite being the sticky date pudding. We made chutney and cheese mini muffins first, which I liked after they were cooked, but not before, because the smell of parmesan doesn't exactly agree with me. The chutney smelled good though, even if it WAS tomato.
Next we made Jaffa Muffins, which I enjoyed immensly, not only because it was a sweet recipe, but also the first recipe that involved CHOCOLATE! Needless to say, I learnt new skills making Jaffa muffins, such as zesting.
The third recipe we used was Rigitoni with chicken and sundried tomato, which was, despite the tomato, was absolutely delicious. It helped me to work on different types of cuts, especially as I diced the chicken instead of stripping it.
The fourth recipe was the delightful chocolate mousse, which of course was another exciting recipe. I would have prefered milk chocolate to dark chocolate, health benefits aside, because the dark chocolate was a little rich for me. I learned how to melt chocolate properly over steam and I think I will definately be making mousse again!
Recipe number five and six were made on the same day, five being Sticky Date Pudding and the six being Chocolate Self-Saucing pudding and because we were making two recipes, my partner, Emily Hayn and I, spilt up, with Emily taking over on the chocolate pudding and me making the sticky date pudding. It was a good thing we split up, because otherwise we would have never been able to make both! I especially liked the Sticky date pudding, in particular the caramel sauce, even though it was incredibly sugary. Cutting the dates up took ages though....
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