Stuffed tomatoes
Ingredients
large tomatoes
tablespoons of rice
1 large onion
cloves of garlic
cups of olive oil
1 cup of water
some parsley
a pinch of salt and pepper
tablespoons of finely grated breadcrumbs
Preparation
First wash the tomatoes and 1) …… off the tops.
Then 2) ……. out the flesh with a spoon and 3) …… it in a bowl.
4) ……. the empty tomatoes on a baking tray.
Finely chop the onion, garlic and parsley.
Add them to the tomato flesh.
5) …… the rice and one cup of olive oil to the mixture.
6) ……… the mixture with salt and pepper.
Mix the ingredients thoroughly with a wooden spoon.
7) …… the tomatoes with the mixture and 8) ……... them with the tops.
9) …… the rest of the olive oil and water over the tomatoes.
Sprinkle them with the breadcrumbs.
Put the tomatoes in the pre-heated oven.
10) ……. for about 50 minutes.
Serve with freshly baked, home-made bread.
Oven 200˚C/ gas mark 6. Serves 4
Exercise 12
Write the ingredients to make the following dishes.
Make a cake
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F L _ _ _
M _ _ K
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Make a stew
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Make a chicken sandwich
B R _ _ _
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Exercise 13
How do we make cakes? How do we cook other dishes? Here are the recipes of the two typical very popular English national dishes. Cook them, bring them in the classroom and share with your groupmates. Find out their opinion about them. Please, do it in turn, not to provoke indigestion!
Apple cake
Ingredients
250g cooking apples
100g raisins
100g sultanas
150ml milk
200g soft brown sugar
350g self-raising flour
175g butter
1 egg
Preparation
Peel and chop the apples.
Mix together the apples, raisins, sultanas, milk and sugar.
Mix together the flour and butter (softened) in an another bowl.
Add the fruit mixture and the egg and mix very well.
Put into a buttered 20-centimetre square cake tin. Put a little white sugar on the top.
Cook in the oven at 170˚C for 1 hour 45 minutes.
Serve hot or cold with fresh cream.
Shepherd’s pie
Ingredients
450g (1lb) minced beef
1 large onion
2 carrots
50g (2oz) mushrooms
25g (1oz) flour
300ml (1/2pint) beef stock
700g (1.5lb) potatoes
25g (1oz) butter
60ml fresh milk
50g cheese
salt and pepper
Preparation
Slice the onions, carrots and mushrooms.
Fry them in a pan with the minced beef for about 8-10 minutes, stirring all the time.
Add the flour and stir for one more minute.
Add the beef stock and some salt and pepper and stir again until the mixture becomes thicker.
Transfer to a casserole dish and put into the oven at 190˚C for 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook the peeled potatoes in boiling salted water for 20 minutes.
Then drain and mash together with the butter and milk.
Put the potato on top of the minced mixture, grate the cheese and put it on top.
Return the dish to the oven at 200˚C for 15 minutes.
Serve hot with a green vegetable.
Pre-listening
Read the new words (in bold type) with explanations and guess their meaning. Explain the meaning of these words to your neighbour illustrating them in sentences of you own.
fluffy - soft and light
formula - method
dribble - let smth fall a little at a time
fold in - to stir in gently with a spoon
flan-case - flat dish
draught - movement of air in a room or other enclosed place
delicate, feather-light - fine, light in texture
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Listen to the recording and answer each of the following questions by choosing from A, B, C or D. |
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1. Julia will make the sponge by hand because A. she hasn’t got a machine B. she prefers to do it by hand C. Ray tells her to do it by hand D. her machine isn’t working |
4. The flour must be A. whisked a lot in the mixture B. added gently to the mixture C. whisked with the eggs D. not mixed in at all |
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2. Julia must start by putting A. the flour in the bowl B. the whisk in the bowl C. the eggs and sugar in the bowl D. the eggs and sugar and flour in the bowl |
5. When the mixture is ready, Julia must put it A. in water B. in a dish C. in flour D. in butter |
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3. Ray tells her to whisk the eggs and sugar A. for a long time B. in hot water C. for a moment or two D. until the eggs separate |
6. The cake must be cooked A. in a cool oven for 20 min B. in draught C. in a hot oven for 7 min D. in a hot oven for 20 min |
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Listening
Post-listening
Find the word or phrase on the tape for which each of the following words or phrases in italics is an explanation.
it’s not really very hard
I do propose
use the 3-3-3 method
and beat them over some heat
until they’ve increased
at that moment it would be ready
not roughly
put the mixture
you’ve buttered earlier
put in the oven
try not to move it
Exercise 14
Translate the following recipe into Ukainian in writing: