Making Irish soda bread | Cooking and nutrition | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which piece of equipment would you use to weigh flour?
True of false? If you have long hair you do not need to tie it up before cooking.
- True
- False ✓
Match the equipment to the food skill:
- grater
  
  ⇔
  
  grating ✓
- vegetable knife
  
  ⇔
  
  cutting ✓
- mixing spoon
  
  ⇔
  
  mixing ✓
- oven
  
  ⇔
  
  baking ✓
What is happening here?
- Milk is being measured in a measuring jug. ✓
- Milk is being measured with measuring spoons.
- Milk is being measured using weighing scales.
Where should you store the following foods?
- cupboard
  
  ⇔
  
  can of soup, packet of rice ✓
- fridge
  
  ⇔
  
  block of cheese, a tub of hummus ✓
- freezer
  
  ⇔
  
  ice cream, fish fingers ✓
We need a variety of different foods to be ______.
- 'healthy' ✓

Exit quiz

True or false? People with an allergy cannot eat bread.
- True
- False ✓
Wholemeal, plain and strong are all types of ______.
- 'flour' ✓
Match the following:
- Wholemeal flour has ...
  
  ⇔
  
  more of the wheat grain. ✓
- Lemon juice gives ...
  
  ⇔
  
  the milk a sour taste. ✓
- The sour milk helps ...
  
  ⇔
  
  the bicarbonate of soda make bubbles. ✓
Some ______ can cause food poisoning, so it is important to wash our hands when we cook.
- 'bacteria' ✓
Put this soda bread recipe in the correct order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  First, pour the lemon juice into the milk.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Mix the flour, milk and bicarbonate of soda together to form a soft dough.
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Shape into a flat ball and place on a baking tray.
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  Score (cut) a cross on the top.
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  Bake for 15-20 minutes.

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

Irish soda bread originates from Ireland in the 1830s, a time of financial hardship.
To ensure that a recipe works, it is important to weigh and measure ingredients accurately.
The food skills used to make Irish soda bread are measuring, mixing, shaping, scoring and using the oven.
The bread rises due to bicarbonate of soda being added. During cooking, it produces gas bubbles.
Hands should be thoroughly washed to prevent dirt or bacteria contaminating our food.

Common misconception

People with an allergy cannot eat bread.

Some people have an allergy to flour made from wheat, which many breads are made from. There are other flours that can be used, so they can eat bread.

Keywords

Dough - a mix of flour and water or milk
Soda bread - a type of bread which is quick to make
Bicarbonate of soda - a white powder used to make food rise when baked
Bacteria - tiny, single-celled organisms (some are harmless, some cause food poisoning)