Today the reception class took
Luna and Hazelnut to Pizza Express in Wapping. We were so lucky as we got to
learn about where different pizza ingredients come from and how they grow as
well as making some delicious pizza!
First we talked about how to make
pizza dough. We thought that you might need to add baking soda to make the
dough rise but it is actually another ingredient called yeast. We got to roll
and stretch the dough to see what it felt like.
Then we looked at some different
ingredients that are used as pizza toppings. We didn’t know what some of the
ingredients were like oregano or mozzarella so Maria taught us lots new
information.
We got to taste the different ingredients and reception were
amazing risk takers, trying new things.
Xavier and YoYo didn’t think they
would like the sun-dried tomato, but when they tried it they did! Amone
also took a risk and tried some artichoke, which she really enjoyed and even
wanted more. Kian wasn’t so keen on the artichoke but was proud of himself for
trying it anyway.
We thought that pizza was invented
in Italy but do you know where it was actually invented?
In Egypt.
Then we got to be pizza chefs. We
pressed the dough in the dishes to make our bases. Next we swirled the tomato
sauce around our bases until they were all covered. We spread out the cheese
evenly over our pizza and finished them off with a sprinkle of oil and oregano.
Lastly we put them in the oven.
The ovens are so hot at Pizza Express that they only need to cook the pizza for
5 minutes.
We took our pizza back to
school and had a big pizza feast.
Thank you very much to Maria who taught us
lots about making pizza today and to our wonderful helpers Dee and Vivienne. We had a great time!
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