Banana Loaf

Banana loaf:

It was the 4th week of Technicraft and the day the year 8 students made banana loaf.

They were instructed to bring a suitable box. Most of the students made banana loaf and a small variety of student chose to do a sultana loaf. Dry ingredients were sieved and mixed together. Then Wet ingredients were quickly dissolved with the dry ingredients to prevent the mixture from having a sticky consistency. Then the mixture was baked in the microwave for approximately 9 minutes on a high level. Goodness filled the air.

Ingredients:

Dry Ingredients:

1 ¾ cups of flour

¼ t salt

¼ t baking soda

½ cup of sugar

Wet Ingredients:

¼ cup of milk

75g of butter

1 cup bananas

2 eggs

Raspberry jam

Plan:

Raspberry jam

Technicraft

Cooking class

In this session the year 8’s had made a preservative type of food to store in a jam from or design brief they made in the last session.

Before doing the process of making jam. Students were informed to rinse the jar with warm water then place in the oven at 100℃. This was to prevent the jar from cracking once the jam has poured into the jar. Students then had to prepare the designated fruits they had chosen. If students chose apples they would have to peel and core apples then boil with a hint of water until mushy. If students decided to use fresh berries they would have to boil it with a bit of water for five minutes then mush it with a fork. Then add the additional ingredients. (see recipe below).

All students are looking forward to our next cooking experiene.

If you would like to see the recipe click the link:  Strawberry Jam

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Today was the first day of Technicraft, this is an opportunity for the intermediate students to learn- Cooking, Science, Electronics/Woodwork and Art. Cooking was the designated subject the year 8’s were chosen to do.

The first topic chosen was to make a preservative in a jar as a thank you present. The options selected were either jam, apple sauce, guacamole and chutney (anything that could be preserved). Students had to create a design brief for the designated recipe. A small variety of options were chosen and all were chosen in the sweet section. The most common was  jam and applesauce.  Students then had to list the items needed for the next session.

The next session of cooking would be great for them as they have chosen exciting recipes that their family members would enjoy.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

1kg strawberries hulled

6 cups of sugar

1 ½ tartaric acid

1. Put strawberries into preserving pan.
2. Crush lightly with a potato masher or fork.
3. Add sugar and stir thoroughly.
4. Bring to boil for 5 minutes.
5. Add tartaric acid and boil rapidly for a further 5 minutes.
6. Pur into hot clean dry glass.
7. Cover jam with jam covers.

This will keep up for 1 year. Makes 3 x 350ml jars.

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