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Food Literacy Skills Brief • Healthy family meals to reflect the current healthy eating guidelines


• A special dietary consideration or a diet-related disease


• A particular stage of the lifecycle • A healthy homemade alternative to a commercial/takeaway meal • Ethnic cookery


Skills Used • Slicing • Rinsing • Chopping


• Dicing • Crushing • Baking


Timings • Prep time: 20–30 minutes • Cooking time: 1½ hours


Recipe Modification • Coeliac: use gluten-free flour. • Vegetarian: use Quorn ‘mince’ (vegetarian) or 400 g drained, tinned lentils instead of minced lamb or beef; use Pecorino instead of Parmesan cheese.


• Low-fat diets: use low-fat spread instead of butter; use low-fat or skimmed milk.


• Sautéing • Making a roux • Frying


• Simmering • Separating eggs


Ingredients (serves 4)


y 2 medium aubergines y 1 teaspoon salt y 100 g fresh spinach leaves Meat sauce y 1 onion y 2 cloves garlic y 2 tablespoons olive oil y 450 g minced lamb or lean minced beef


y 500 ml passata or 1 tin chopped tomatoes


y 1 tablespoon tomato purée y 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon y 1 teaspoon ground cumin


y Pinch of salt y Pinch of pepper Sauce y 25 g Parmesan cheese y 50 g butter y 50 g plain flour y 400 ml milk y 1 egg Topping y 25 g Parmesan cheese Garnish y 2–3 fresh basil leaves


y Baking tray


y Greaseproof paper


y Chopping board y Sharp knife y Colander y Tea towel y Garlic press y Pastry brush


y Frying pan or saucepan


Equipment


y Measuring spoons y Wooden spoon y Tin opener y Weighing scales y Grater y Saucepan y Hand whisk y Small bowl


y Ovenproof dish (approx. 30 cm × 20 cm)


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