Mini Pastry Savouries

This week in Home Economics we made Mini Pastry Savouries. 

These were very easy to make, I personally think that my group worked very well together, using good team skills to make delicious mini pastry Savouries. 

Puff pastry (Flaky Pastry) sheets

1/2 sheet pre rolled pastry

Ingredients: 

• 1 egg
• pinch salt
• 1 Tablespoon milk
• Cheese, Ham, Tomatoes.  

Method: 

1. Using pastry cutters, cut circles to fit patty pans. Chill in Fridge. 
2. Mix: 1 egg, pinch salt, 1T Milk
3. Whisk together with a fork.
4. Transfer egg mixture to a measuring cup
5. Place some thawed peas and corns in each pastry case. *We used Cheese, ham, and tomatoes. 
6. Carefully pour egg mixture into each case. Don't spill any!!
7. Bake at 200C for 8-10mintues.
8. Cool and eat. 

Sensory evaluation:

The outer part of the pastry was light, fluffy and flaky which is what we were going for. The inside where the egg, cheese, and ham, they were cooked very well, and they tasted delicious. 

They looked crunchy, it had a nice golden look. 

Photos:

Conclusion:

In conclusion my group and I worked very well together, and we had a good afternoon making delicious Mini Pastry Savouries!

Empathy - Health

This week in Health, one of the tasks I did was to research what empathy means and why is it important to be a empathetic person.

What does Empathy mean?

Empathy is the ability to recognise and respond to others feelings appropriately. These skills help us with social problem-solving, managing our own and other people’s emotions and avoiding conflict. 

When was a time where I or my friends show empathy?

I showed empathy when one of my close friends was going through a hard time, and I had to give her some personal space and understand her emotions and what she’s going through. 

Why is it important to be an empathetic person?

Empathy is important because it helps us understand how others are feeling so we can respond appropriately to the situation.

Empathy also helps us to communicate our ideas in a way that makes sense to others, and it helps us 

  

Pikelets - Home Economics

Welcome to another Blog-Post. This week in Home Economics we made Pikelets. 

I personally think that this week was very easy, this week was also the first time we used the pan. The instruction on the recipe were very easy to follow and understand. Our outcome Pikelets were very good.  I reckon my group and I worked very well together this week. 

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 t Baking Powder
• 1/4 t salt
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 c Sugar
• 3/4 c Milk

Method: 

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
2. In another bowl beat the egg and sugar with a whisk until pale and thick.
3. Add the egg mixture and the milk to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
4. Gently heat a non-stick frying pan over medium heat and add or brush with a little melted butter. Drop tablespoonfuls of the mixture from the point of the spoon onto the surface.
5. When bubbles start to burst on the top of the pikelets, turn them over and cook the second side until golden. 
6. Place on cooling rack
7. Serve with a sweet or savoury topping. 

Tips:

One of the main tips we had to get right was to beat the egg and sugar until white, place and thick. It took a very long time to beat the egg and sugar and it was very tiring, but we each took a turn, we had to successfully complete that before adding milk. 

Sensory evaluation:

The pikeletes came out very good, they tasted very nice, the texture was soft and fluffy. 

Images:

Parihaka -Day of Plunder - Chaos

Serial Dilution

Welcome to another Blog-post, On Monday in Science we were learning about concentrated and dilute. 

We also did an experiment to investigate more about concentration and dilution. For this experiment we needed a solvent and a solute. 

The solvent that we used was Water and the solute was Potassium permanganate. 

A solvent is the substance in which the solute dissolves. Solute is the substance being dissolved. 

• Aim: To make a dilution series to investigate concentration. 
• Equipment: A potassium permanganate crystal, six large test tubes, tweezers, a plastic transfer pipette, a test tube rack, 10mL measuring cylinder.

Method: 

1. Place the six test tubes in a test tube rack. Label the rack with numbers 1-6
2. Using the measuring cylinder, fill the test tube 1 with 10 ml of water. Fill the remaining test tubes with 5 ml of water. 
3. Using your tweezers, add a single crystal of potassium permanganate to test tube 1 
4. Gently shake the test tube until the crystal has dissolved
5. Using the transfer pipette, carefully remove exactly 5 ml from test tube 1 and pour it into test tube 2
6. Rinse the transfer pipette thoroughly to ensure that no purple solution remains.
7. Gently shake test tube 2 and repeat the transfer process, transferring exactly 5 ml of solution from test tube 2 to test tube 3.
8. Rinse the pipette again and repeat the transfer process for test tubes 4,5 and 6

Results:

As you can see in the photo the colour purple get lighter and lighter as it goes past each test tube. That is because the last few test tubes had more water which means that there was least amount of potassium permangante.  

The test tube that is light purple has least potassium permanganate, most water, which means 

most dilute =least concentrated

Therefore the dark purple test tube has most amount of potassium permangante, least amount of water which means 

most concentrated = least dilute. 

9/11 - Chaos

Welcome to another blog-post, this blog-post is about 9/11.

Have you ever heard of 9/11? What is 9/11?

Home Economics Chocolate Chip Cookies

Welcome to another blog-post, Today in Home Economics we made Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Recipe:

• 100g butter
• 1/2 cup Chelsea White Sugar
• 1/2 cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar
• 1 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cups chocolate chips

Method

Soften butter, and add both sugars and cream these together. Beat in the eggs ans vanilla then mix in the dry ingredients. Roll into medium sized balls, making sure the mixture is not too wet! Put on a well greased baking tray. They shouldn't spread too much so flatten slightly. Bake at 180 for 8-10 minutes. 

Tip: You can easily half this recipe. Or roll half into a log, wrap in cling film and freeze. Cut into 15 pieces while still frozen and bake. 

I personally think that our group and I worked very well, except for when we forgot to preheat our oven but we managed to solve that wee problem and transferred our cookies into another oven. 

Vanilla essence added flavour

Variations of the cookies have occur due to the rolling of the cookies. 

Images

These are images of our cookies that we made.