Vegetable Tasting Plate
Learning Intention:To learn how to remove the skins of vegetables for cooking.
Where did "Dips" originate from?A dip or dipping sauce is a common condiment for many types of food. Dips are used to add flavor or texture to a food, such as pita bread, dumplings, crackers, cut-up raw vegetables, seafood, cubed pieces of meat and cheese, potato chips,tortilla chips, and falafel. Unlike other sauces, instead of applying the sauce to the food, the food is typically put, dipped, or added into the dipping sauce (hence the name). Dips are commonly used for finger foods, appetizers, and other easily held foods. Thick dips based on sour cream, crème fraiche, milk, yogurt, mayonnaise, soft cheese, or beans are a staple of American hors d'oeuvres and are thinner than spreads which can be thinned to make dips. Alton Brown suggests that a dip is defined based on its ability to "maintain contact with its transport mechanism over three feet of white carpet".
Dip is a very widespread food. Forms of dip are eaten all over the world. Tips & Techniques:1. To easily remove the skin from the capsicum, place the hot capsicum into a plastic bag and tie it closed. Allow the capsicum to sweat, open the bag and then peel off the skins.
2. Many people used to salt eggplant. However, this is not necessary when prepared as suggested in this recipe, as the full flavour of the eggplant is extracted. 3. Covering the dough and placing it in a warm place helps to prove the dough and increases the elasticity of the dough. 4. The frying pan used to cook the tortillas must be hot and dry: no oil or water is needed. This helps to puff the tortilla and make it light and nicely coloured. Important Tools & Equipment:
Cooking Methods:
Complex Processes:
1. Dough making
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Success Criteria:I can bake the capsicum then put it in a plastic bag to sweat where the skin will easily peel.
I can bake the eggplant, then scrape the flesh from the skin. Australian Guide to Healthy EatingFood Preparation Skills Required:
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