EASY CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

EASY CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Ingredients:

200g of flour

300g of dark chocolate, broken into pieces

200g of sugar

2 eggs

150 ml of  sunflower oil and some extra for greasing

one spoonful of vanilla essence

6 spoonfuls of cocoa

Method:

-First, heat up the oven to 180C.

-Crush the chocolate into small pieces.

-Add all the ingredients in a pot and  whisk everything together with electric beaters.

-Share out  between 10 moulds, then bake for 20 minutes.

-To make the icing, put the remaining chocolate bits, and 3 spoonfuls of sugar in a small saucepan.

 -Stir until the chocolate is melted and you have the icing.

-Chill in the fridge until it gets hard.

LEMONADE

LEMONADE 

Ingredients:

-12 lemons

-200g of sugar (in powder)

-1l of water

-Optional: Vodka or rum

Method:

-Lay the lemon slices on a tray and freeze for at least an hour.

-Put the remaining chopped lemons (including the peel) in the bowl  with the sugar and 100ml of water and squeeze it until it is completely homogeneous.

-Strain the lemonade and add water.

 -Serve with ice and if you like with vodka or rum.

TONI, ENTERPRISING BOY

Hello! Today, I interviewed Toni. He is a nineteen-year-old boy and he recently opened a roast chicken place in Vic. He studied last year in the cooking school in Tona and he decided to open his own shop. I asked him some questions about his future plans. 

Clàudia:Hi Toni! When you finished in the cooking school in Tona, what did you do? 

Toni: Hi Clàudia, well, I studied in the cooking school during two years, after I finished, I worked in a restaurant here in Vic. In this restaurant I served the plates and did other tasks, but I worked a lot of hours in the weekend and I didn't have time to stay with my family and with my friends, and I decided to quit. 

Clàudia:You are young, do you tink that you are qualified to run a business?

Toni: Yes, I learned a lot in the course that I did, and with the experience that I  have working in a restaurant, but I am very nervous because it is an important decision for my life and for my future.

Clàudia: What kind of products will you sell?

Toni: The main product that I sell is roast chicken and side-dishes for the chicken, with pre-cooked meals as well. 

Clàudia: Why did you decide to open your own shop in  this moment with the economic crisis?

Toni:Now I tink  is very important to be an entepreneur and don't be afraid of new things. The first reason that moved me to open a shop, is because I have always liked creating my own shop and I think that now was the perfect moment, and the second reason is because my family gave me a lot of  support and helped my with everything.

Clàudia: And the  last, are you pleased with your shop?

Toni: Yes, I am very excited and I hope that everything goes well, but the most important thing is that I do what I really like.

SACHER

SACHER

Ingredients (taking an empty yogurt as a measurement): 

• 3 eggs 
• one lemon yogurt 
• 2 measurements of flour
• 2 measurements of colacao
• 2 measurements of sugar
• 1/4  measurement of milk
• 1/2 measurement of oil
• one spoonful of yeast 
• a mould

Method:

Firts, heat up the oven at 180ºC.
Mix all the ingredients in the bowl and put them in a mould.
Put the mould inside the oven, and wait 35 minutes until it is made.

Covering

• 40g of butter
• 200gr of special chocolate for coverture
• 180gr of cram milk 

Method:

For the covering, mix the ingredients in the pot. When it starts to boil, add pieces of chocolate and the butter.

When the dough has a good disolution you can cover the cake with this.

Then, put the cake in the fridge for two hours.

ORIOL, THE FUTURE CHEF

Hello! Today, I interviewed Oriol Vila. He is an eighteen-year old boy and he is studying in the cooking school in Tona. I asked him some questions and he explained me what does he do in the school.

Clàudia: Why did you start studying in this school?
Oriol:Well, I left school and I didn't know what to do, but one day I decided to start studying  in this school because I have always liked cooking and I really like it. 
 
Clàudia: What do you do in these school?
Oriol:In this school the teachers prepare us to work in the resteurant. They teach about how we act and the skills that we have.
 
Clàudia: How did you discover that you like to study cook?
Oriol: I discover this world when I was doing 4th of ESO and little by little I got introduced in it and I feel comfortable and I like what I do.
 
Clàudia:Do you think having this degree will help you find a job?
Oriol:Yes, I'm sure that this course will open a lot of doors and I will find a job very quickly.
 
Clàudia:What are your plans afer finishing this course?
Oriol: Oh good question, when I finish this course I would liketo open my own cake shop and become in a good pastry chef.

ARIADNA SPEAKS ABOUT HER HOBBIES

Hello! Yesterday, I interviewed Ariadna. She is an eighteen-year-old girl and she really enjoys cooking!

Clàudia:Do you like cooking?

Ari: Yes, I like it very much, is one of my favorites hobbies, when I get bored, i do it.

Clàudia:What do you cook?

Ari:  Well, I usually cook some cakes, cookies, confectionery in general, but when I have to cook other things, I do it without any problems.

Clàudia:How often do you cook confectionery?

Ari:  I cook two times a month, depending on the time that I have.

Clàudia:What do you prefer, doing the recipes or eating them?

Ari: I prefer cooking because I like new things, but after doing it I regret eating.

Clàudia:Do you think that cooking is fun? Why?

Ari: Yes, I think that cooking is very fun, because you can have fun, learn and creaet a lot of things.

Clàudia: And the last, who taught you how to cook?

Ari: Nobody, I have learned alone, surfing in the internet, in the books, and specially learning from experience.

ADRIA SPEAKS ABOUT HIS DAILY DIET

Hello! We know that do some sport is good for our health. In this week, I have interviewed a good athlete. Adria is a nineteen-year-old boy and he practice triathlon. This sport is very demanding, very hard and of course you need a good nutrition. I asked him some questions and he explained me his daily diet:

Claudia: Hello Adria, the first question is about your diet, How is your diet?

Adria: Hello Claudia, well, my daily diet is abundant with proteins for example: fish, meat, cheese... and carbohydrates (cerals). Of course natural and healthy. 

Claudia:  Are there any products that you can't eat?

Adria:  I don't abuse of syntetic food like chips.

Claudia:What do you eat after doing  sport?

Adria:  After doing sport I usually eat fruit, sandwich and drink cocacola because it's great to take energy.

Claudia: How do you often drink energy drinks?

Adria: I don't like drinking energy drinks. I never drink them because if you drink a lot, they aren't good for your health. 

Claudia: Do you like confectionery?

Adria: Yes, I do! I like eating confectionery, but only sometimes.

Claudia: Okey Adria! I don't have more questions for you, thank you very much for your time!

Adria:  Okey, It was a pleasure. See you soon!

RICE PUDDING

RICE PUDDING



Ingredients:

• 50 g of sugar
• 1,5 l of milk
• 115 g of rice
• a peel of lemon
• cinnamon stick

Method:

1.Put the ingredients in the pot, exCept sugar, and let it boil.

2.When the rice IS cooked, add the sugar.

3. Stir the rice every five minutes approximately.

4. After 45 minutes turn off the fire and stir 10 minutes.

5. Finally, put the rice pudding in pottery pots

FLAM

FLAM (Typical Catalan CREAM CARAMEL)

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 500 ml of milk 
• water 
• sugar

Method:

1. Put the milk and the eggs in a pot and  add four teaspoons of sugar. Beat the dough. 

2. Put some water in the other pot and add two teaspoons of sugar.

3. When it turns gold in color, add the dough.

4. Cover the pot with aluminium fold.

5. Let it boil for 30 minutes.

6. Put in bain marie and  then let it rest for one or two hours. 

THREE CHOCOLATE CAKE

THREE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients:

• 150 g of white cholocate
• 150 g of black chocolate
• 150 g of chocolate with milk
• 500 ml of milk
• 125 g of sugar 
• 3 teaspoons of leavening
• a mould

For the base:

• 1 package of cookies
• 80 g of butter

Method:

1· First, it is very important to prepare a mould and spread butter on it.

2·Crush the cookies, melt the butter and mix them.

3· Put  500 ml. of milk in a little pot and on the stove with white chocolate but without sugar and add a teaspoon of leavening. Stir without stopping over  7-8 min. approximately. Pour the mixture over the biscuit base. Repeat the same process with the milk chocolate but this time add 50 gr.of sugar. Leave it apart.

4· Pour the white chocolate on the cookie layer. 

5· Before pouring out the layer of milk chocolate on white chocolate, grate surface with a fork because the layers don't slip. 

6·Pour out the  milk chocolate on white chocolate.

7· Make black chocolate layer do the same as the layer of milk chocolate but this time, add 75 gr of sugar.  

8· Before  pour out black chocolate on the milk chocolate, we do the same proceses of grate surface. Then, we let it rest for one day.

VANILLA COOKIES

Hello! Today, I will write about how to make cookies, I hope you enjoy doing this recipe.

VANILLA COOKIES:

      Ingredients:

• 250g of flour 
• 1 egg
• 75g of sugar 
• 125g of butter, 
• one spoonful of yeast
• a little salt
• one spoonful of vanilla essence

Method:

Mix all the ingredients.

2. Knead with your fingers.

3. Join the dough doing a ball and cover it with transparent paper.

4. Put the dough inside the fridge and let it rest one hour, so in that way will become 

resistant.

5. Knead the dough and cut it with the mould in diferent shapes.

6. Put the cookies at the oven at 180cº and wait 10 minuts until are made.