Home Economics @ Ellon Academy

Home Economics department at Ellon Academy currently offering lessons to BGE pupils as well as Practical Cookery and Health and Food Technology classes.

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N5 HFT have been making dishes using local and seasonal ingredients from the Contemporary Food Issues unit.

* Mini Cheese Oatcakes
* Butternut Squash Soup

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More Lemon Meringue Pies made by S3 pupils!

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Chocolate Orange Cheesecake made by S2 as a treat before Christmas🍊

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Lemon Meringue Pie made by S3 classes this week. Some challenged themselves by piping the meringue.

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@EastbankFT I was so impressed (and a little surprised)

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HFT made Pavlovas today focusing on the functional properties of eggs and sugar.

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S3 classes were consolidating their pastry making skills this week. I was very impressed with their neat lining and blind baking with no shrinkage!
Everyone’s Bakewell Tart looked delicious.

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S3 Cookies🍪
Well done to all those who remembered to bring in sweets to add into the cookie dough. We had everything from M&Ms to Fudge Pieces! Yum🤤

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Another day, another round of cookies🍪

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Honeycomb🐝🍯

N5 HFT we’re learning all about the functional properties of sugar - crystallisation and caramelisation!

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Quiche Lorraine made by N5 HFT.

Today’s focus was to consolidate knowledge on the functional properties- shortening and coagulation🧈🥚

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Malay Style Chicken & Rice🥘

Popular among S3 pupils, many took this away for their lunch.

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Sweet & Sour Chicken with Rice
Made by S2 Pupils this afternoon.
We also learned about Chinese culture and food.

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Shortbread made by N5 HFT as an introduction to Food Product Development.
We learned all about shortening, sweetening and dextrinisation.
Pupils had a selection of cutters to choose from, we had a range of shapes from dinosaurs to question marks.

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Jammie Dodgers ❤️
Made by S3 pupils this week.

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Thai Green Curry🥘
Made by N5 Health & Food Tech

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N5 HFT’s Veggie Pizza with Sweet Potato Wedges🍕

Focus of today- how to make recipes more nutritious. By adding vegetable toppings we added extra vitamins into the diet. We also used low-fat mozzarella and spoke about the difference in fat content between thick wedges and fries.

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Swiss Roll made by N5 HFT

Today’s lesson focused on Carbohydrates: sugary and starchy

We also learned about the function of eggs when baking

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@LibEllonAcad That would be a fantastic idea!

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Spicy ‘Beef’ Burrito🌯

N5 Health and Food Technology were investigating alternative sources of protein this week. Today they made burritos using Quorn mince instead of beef. We also added LBV sources including kidney beans and rice.

A first time trying Quorn for many!