Christmas Themed Dish

Mincemeat Christmas Tree

Ingredients
Puff pastry
Jar of mincemeat
1 egg
6 glace cherries

Large container and foil

Or you can choose to make the more challenging melted snowman cupcakes:

For cupcake

• 120g / 3oz Vanilla Sugar (or normal sugar if you don’t have any)

120g / 30oz Butter

2 Eggs

120g / 3oz Plain Flour

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

1/2 Teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda

For the Topping

• 250g / 6oz Icing Sugar
• 2 – 3 Tablespoon of Water  (this can be provided at school)
• Large Marshmallows
• A small Black Icing Pen
• A packet of Strawberry Laces
• A packet of Cadbury’s Caramel Nibbles

Large container to hold 12 cupcakes

Half term homework

Please complete an evaluation of your lemon cheesecake as well as emailing me or printing a presentable photograph of your cheesecake.


For your evaluation please comment on:


- Taste
- Texture
- Appearance
- Aroma
- Function of fat in the dish
- How fat could be reduced?
- How to improve the presentation of your cheesecake.





You will not require ingredients for the first lesson back as we will be conducting a yeast investigation in groups.


Have a great half term


Miss McLaren

Food Evaluation

Using full sentences to evaluate your final product. Write about the following in detail:


What went well?
What didn’t go so well?What did you learn today? (skills/ nutritional information/new concept)Did you work safely? Explain giving examples.( e.g use of knife holds)Did you select and use equipment correctly?(what techniques did you use whilst using equipment)How well did you follow the recipe?Did you work independently?How well did you manage your time? Comment on the taste, texture, appearance and aroma.