Italian Pasta Salad

This design technology scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to design and prepare a recipe for a pasta salad for an airline meal using different foods that are grown and produced in Italy. The class can evaluate different pastas to use for the salad and practise preparing selected vegetables to match the theme.

Design and prepare a recipe for a pasta salad for an airline meal using different foods that are grown and produced in Italy

Lesson One : Italian Delicatessen

Taste, describe and compare some typical examples of different foods that can be used when preparing and cooking Italian meals and recipes

Lesson Two : Perfect Pasta

Design, describe and model some examples of different shaped pasta that could be used when preparing an Italian food recipe

Lesson Three : Pasta Sauces

Identify, describe and compare the taste of different sauces that can be used when preparing a recipe for a pasta meal with an Italian theme

Lesson Four : Pasta Vegetables

Practise preparing a selection of different vegetables using a range of cooking techniques to use as part of a pasta salad with an Italian theme

Lesson Five : Pasta Recipe

Devise and record the instructional recipe for someone to follow to make an Italian themed pasta salad to match the selected design success criteria for the created product

Lesson Six : Pasta Tasting

Prepare and evaluate a food snack to match the selected success design criteria and suggest changes and improvements to the recipe

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