Description
After a long day of activities and challenges, is there anything better then a well cooked meal?
Choose 1 of the following options:
- Cooking for others
- Plan a full, balanced menu for a group of Explorers or other people on a residential experience covering all meals for at least four days. Youshould consider what facilities will be available to you – will you have access to a full kitchen or are you cooking on an open fire?
- Budget for your menu and assist with shopping for the ingredients.
- Demonstrate proper storage and cooking. You should demonstrate your knowledge of hygiene in the kitchen and how to prevent food poisoning.
- Cook and serve your planned menu, demonstrating preparation and serving skills.
- Baking
- Bake and cost the following from scratch – no packet mixes or pre-made shop bought ingredients allowed:
- Three different large cakes (20cm or bigger) with different icings and decoration, using techniques like rubbing in, creaming, melting and whisking.
- A sweet or savoury tart, such as a quiche or a tarte tatin.
- 12 iced and filled cupcakes.
- 12 biscuits, iced using the flooding method.
- 12 scones.
- A loaf of bread using yeast.
- 12 flatbreads.
- Demonstrate how planning and preparation can make life easier when baking.
- Maintain high standards of hygiene.
- Bake and cost the following from scratch – no packet mixes or pre-made shop bought ingredients allowed:
