Grade 6

Our Year 6 students have enjoyed a cooking session at Doncaster Secondary College.

In the morning session the students will cook Lasagna Soup and chocolate chip muffins. 

We were very impressed by the maturity and responsibility of our students. 

Some students shared their thoughts:

Harry - The muffins were delicious. The experience was really good because Seb was a great partner.

Seb- Cooking was something different and I've never done it before. My partner and I had good team work and patience as the muffins took a long time to cook. 

Mohamad- the muffins were good. Cooking is a life skill so it is important to learn about.

Shekhar- my partner and I worked well together. The muffins flopped a bit and Mr Annakis helped us. 

Please see the recipe used:

Lasagna Soup  Recipe for DSC Cooking Lesson 

https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/lasagna-soup/

Recipe for 2 students cooking

• 230g mince meat
• salt and freshly ground black pepper , to taste
• 1/2 brown onion , chopped
• 2 Tablespoons Oil
• Half carrot, grated
• 80g mushrooms, thinly sliced 
• 1 handful of spinach leaves 
• 2 cloves garlic , finely chopped 
• 2 Tablespoons tomato paste
• 250ml Passata sauce
• I tomato chopped
• 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley , chopped 
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
• 1.5 cup water 
• 3 lasagna sheets , broken into small pieces

Cream and Cheese Mixture

• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon cooking cream
• fresh basil , for serving

Method

Finely chop onion, garlic, mushrooms and grate carrot. 

Finely chop fresh parsley and basil, keep to the side. 

In a large pot over medium-high heat, toss in diced onion and sauté for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. 

Add in chopped garlic and cook for another minute or two.

Add ground beef and cook until browned. 

Add tomato paste.

Season with salt and pepper as you cook and keep stirring so food doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot.

Add in grated carrot and sliced mushrooms.

Stir in passata, spices (oregano, parsley and basil), and water. Bring to boil, then add lasagna noodles (broken into 16ths) to pot and reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until pasta is tender.  

Add in cream and spinach leaves. 

Ladle the hot soup into bowls, add cheese to your liking  on top.