Tastes of the Academy
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Tastes Of The Academy A selection of family inspired recipes by the students and staff of Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent Our Academy.. We are a proud and privileged community due to the diversity in our academy. At the latest count we had children who spoke 42 different languages. Some speak English as their main language, some are genuine English as an additional language speakers. The make-up of our Academy community gives a richness and depth that few other schools are privileged to have. Our students understand that the world extends far beyond Stoke-on-Trent because their friends and classmates may have been born elsewhere. Our students are accepting of other religions because their are so many within their academy. Our students don’t see the barriers and boundaries that many of adults see. Children who are refugees or asylum seekers are not a mystery to them as they are sat next to them in maths or playing football with them at lunchtime. One of our previous students who became Head Girl did so whilst she was an asylum seeker. We are an academy which sees the potential and talent in you as an individual and doesn’t seek to label you. Mr Lowry • • • • Recipes Mr Lowry’s Northern Irish Stew This recipe is important to our family because … My grandparents came from County Antrim, Northern Ireland in the 1930s looking for work. My grandfather was a miner and worked at Agecroft Colliery in northeast Manchester. My grandmother used to cook this meal for him regularly as it was wholesome and hearty. Unfortunately, my grandfather died the year before I was born, but whenever my grandmother cooked this meal she would reminisce about what a great man he was. Mr Lowry’s Irish Stew Recipe origin: Northen IrelandRea Method Ingredients ● 2 tbsp plain flour Cook time: 2-2½ hours, plus resting 4. Reduce the heat and arrange the potatoes on ● 1kg (2lb 3oz neck fillet 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C Fan/Gas 4. top. Season with salt and pepper as you layer the of lamb, diced into 2. Season the flour with salt and pepper and then potato slices, gently pressing down so the liquid toss the lamb in the flour. Heat some of the oil in a 2cm (¾in) cubes rises to cover them. wide-based flameproof and ovenproof casserole 5. Cover with the lid and carefully transfer to the ● 2-3 tbsp oil dish with a lid, then fry the lamb on all sides over oven to cook for 1½–2 hours or until the lamb and ● 2 onions, sliced a high heat for 4–6 minutes until golden. Fry the potatoes are both tender. Increase the oven lamb in batches, adding more oil as needed and ● 2 celery sticks, sliced temperature to 200°C/180°C fan/Gas 6, remove removing each batch with a slotted spoon to set the lid and cook for a further 8–10 minutes or until ● 3 medium carrots, aside while you cook the rest. the potatoes are golden. peeled and sliced 3. Add a little more oil to the pan, then tip in the 6. Allow to stand for 5 minutes and remove the onions, celery and carrots and fry over a ● 2 bay leaves bay leaves before serving with a leafy green medium-high heat for 4–5 minutes. Add the bay vegetable, such as chard or cabbage ● 1 tbsp chopped thyme leaves and thyme and scatter the browned lamb leaves over the top. Pour over the stock and bring to the boil. Mr Hall’s Tunstall ‘Trifle Indulgent’ As a young boy I lived in Tunstall and every Christmas/birthday, my mum would make the best trifle in the world. Another treat I loved was Jaffa Cakes which we would only have once or twice a year. As I have grown older I have expanded my list of treats to include Terry’s Chocolate Orange, again a treat I tend to enjoy at Christmas. This recipe is my own celebration of my early culinary memories and later adult indulgences. I have blended all of these together to create the perfect trifle; forgive me for being a trifle indulgent. Mr Hall’s ‘A Trifle Indulgent’ Ingredients Method ● 1 Pint of Milk, Cut 20 Jaffa Cakes into quarters and eat 2 pieces to Place cling film on the surface of the custard as it quality assure. If satisfied, line the base of a trifle dish cools, to avoid a skin forming. Allow to cool for about ● 1 Pint of Water with the remainder. 30 minutes then pour over to about 1 cm depth (your ● 1 2/3 Tablespoons of Sugar Pour about 1 1/2 measures of Cointreau orange liqueur preference). Cover the surface again with cling film. ● 2 Terry’s Chocolate Oranges (1 over the Jaffa Cakes (optional). Eat any remaining custard for quality assurance spare!) Break a block of orange jelly into cubes and add a little purposes. Allow to cool until set. Grate some more ● 2 Packets of Jaffa Cakes of 1 pint of boiling water. Stir until melted then add the chocolate evenly over the surface. Eat any large ● 1 Packet of Birds Custard rest of the water & stir. Allow to cool for about 40 chunks that fall from the grater to ensure the chocolate Powder minutes then pour over the Jaffa Cakes. Place in a is still OK. ● 600 ml of Extra Thick, Fresh fridge until almost set. Double Cream Drain, then arrange the mandarin segments over the Whip 600ml of extra thick double cream until the cream jelly until the whole surface is covered. ● 1 Packet of Orange Jelly can form stable peaks. Spread evenly over the trifle Separate 8 segments of chocolate orange and place to ● 1 Carton of Mandarin Orange with a fork, compressing the cream into any air 1 side. Eat 1 segment for quality assurance purposes. pockets. Grate a layer of chocolate orange over the segments Grate some of the remaining chocolate evenly over the top of the cream. Use another chocolate orange if ● 2 measures of Orange Liqueur mandarin oranges. Mix 1 pint of custard as per the necessary! Any cream left over can be used to top a (Optional) manufacturer’s instructions, remembering to sweeten well-deserved cup of coffee. Cut the remaining 7 with 1 ½ tablespoons of sugar. chocolate orange segments into halves. Place the halves around the edge of the trifle, curved edge facing outwards. Mrs Higgs Pizza This is my recipe and photos to illustrate the method. This is a great recipe for kids to have a go at, with supervision for the cutting and oven. Everyone can have the same meal but different! The men in my house love meaty toppings, I’m a vegetarian and my daughter hates vegetables. The ingredients are all available cheaply at supermarkets The base recipe can be adjusted to make more, I often multiply ingredients by 2.5 to make 5 bases. Vegetarians: add vegetables to taste Vegans: add a vegan cheese Gluten free: look for gluten free flour and yeast Mrs Higgs Pizza If you like it spicy add chilli peppers, jalapenos, spicy meats, drizzle with chilli infused oil Ingredients Method ● 200g strong white bread ● Wash your hands and clean your work ● Now you can prepare your toppings, flour surface before starting washing and chopping vegetables, ● Salt ● Weigh out the flour and add a pinch of salt cheese, meats ● 7g / one sachet of fast ● Stir, then add the yeast and stir again ● Oil your pizza or oven trays. Preheat your action dried yeast ● Make a well and add the water (room oven to 200c or gas mark 6 (fan assisted ● 140ml water (warm) temperature is fine, not too hot) ovens 180c) ● Add one tablespoon of olive oil ● Extra virgin olive oil ● When your dough is ready, turn out onto a ● Stir, as it comes together, flour your hands floured surface. Cut the dough in two, roll and work into a ball of dough into a ball and shape into a rough circle Toppings ● On a floured surface knead for a couple of with the rolling pin or your hands minutes, the dough should spring back a ● Place into your tray and press into a circle, Passata little when pressed repeat with the other piece of dough Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with Mozzarella ● ● Add toppings to taste, passata then cling film or a cloth and stand in a sunny Then customise to taste mozzarella then get creative! window sill or warm place ● Cook for 15-20 mins ● The dough will rise and double in size in about 30 minutes Mrs Fenney’s Fruit cake and Wensleydale cheese This recipe is important to our family because I was born in and brought up in Yorkshire. Eating fruit with cheese is a Yorkshire tradition. My Mum is the best cook in the world and her fruit cake is delicious. She would send me a cake and cheese The house food parcel when I was away at university. She The house where my Dad brings me fruit cake and cheese when she visits where my mum was born me. In fact, everyone she visits gets the same was born present. Try it, it is lovely; remember to eat slices of the cheese with the cake for maximum enjoyment! Mrs Fenney Mrs Fenney’s Fruit Cake and Wensleydale Cheese My Mum Sheila Ackroyd Rea Ingredients Method ● 450 g./1 lb mixed dried fruit The day before, place the dried fruits in a large bowl, add ● 225 g./8 oz.