DVD - Level 3 Name ______Making Mince Pies Class Date

Before you watch...

1 Read the text The Traditional English Dinner and label the food in the photos.

The Traditional English Christmas Dinner A traditional Christmas Dinner consists of roast turkey, brussel sprouts, roast potatoes, , , little wrapped in , and . A Christmas tradition is when two people pull the turkey’s wishbone. When it breaks the person with the longer piece of bone makes a wish.

Christmas is a brown pudding with , nuts and cherries. is poured over it and it is set alight as it is brought to the table. It is served with or brandy sauce. A tradition is to hide a silver coin in the pudding to bring luck to the person that finds it.

Christmas Crackers On the Christmas dinner table it is a tradition to place a next to each plate. People pull their crackers and a brightly coloured paper crown, a gift and a festive joke fall out on to the table.

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2 Answer the questions in pairs.

1 What is the turkey wishbone tradition? 2 What are the ingredients in a Christmas Pudding? 3 What is in the Christmas pudding and why? 4 What is in a Christmas Cracker?

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While you watch... 5 Watch the DVD again and put the instructions in the correct order.

0:00 - end A I Sprinkle with icing and serve warm. B I Place the cases into a baking Watch the DVD and tick the ingredients 3 tray. that you need to make mince pies. C I1 Sieve half of the flour into a bowl. D I Bake the mince pies in the oven at 1 I half a pack of 190° for half an hour. 2 I 350g flour E I Roll out the pastry. 3 I 1 glass of milk F I Crack an egg into the bowl. 4 I 1 small egg G I Cut out the pastry cases and the 5 I 1 jar of I lids. 6 100g fine sugar H I Use a fork to bind the egg, flour and butter mixture all together. Watch the DVD again and match the 4 I I Cut the butter into small pieces. pictures to the utensils. J I Put the lids on top. K I Rub the butter into the flour with your finger-tips. I 1 sieve A L I Spoon the mincemeat into the pastry cases.

I 2 knife and fork B After you watch...

6 Make a poster with pictures of foods 3 I rolling pin C that you eat at Christmas and label them.

7 Now write a recipe for your favourite dish. 4 I pastry cutter D

5 I baking tray E

6 I teaspoon F

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Before you watch…

1 1 turkey 2 stuffing 3 roast potatoes 4 gravy 5 brussel sprouts 6 cranberry sauce 7 cracker 8 little sausages wrapped in bacon 9 pudding 10 brandy sauce 11 wishbone

2 1 It involves two people who pull the turkey’s wish bone and the person with the longer piece of bone makes a wish. 2 Christmas Pudding is made of raisins, nuts and cherries. 3 A silver coin is hidden in the Christmas pudding and to bring the person who finds it luck. 4 A brightly coloured paper crown, a gift and a festive joke falls out of a Christmas Cracker when you pull it.

While you watch…

3 1 half a pack of butter 2 350g flour 4 1 small egg 5 1 jar of mincemeat

4 1 D 2 E 3 B 4 C 5 F 6 A

5 1 C 7 G 2 I 8 B 3 K 9 L 4 F 10 J 5 H 11 D 6 E 12 A

After you watch…

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