Comida Latina

As we wrap up our Food and Restaurant unit this week, I want to share some photos from our Comida Latina research project presentations.  Many students chose to prepare a sample of the dish they researched they did a fantastic job recreating authentic recipes from around Latin America for their classmates to taste!

Coquito from Puerto Rico

Gallo Pinto from Costa Rica

Ponche from Chile

Panama Canal cake

Empanadas from Argenina

Alfajores with chocolate from Argentina

More, delicious alfajores!

Flan de coco from Puerto Rico

íTortillas!

Here are some photos from our cooking day last week!  Students learned how to prepare tortillas de maíz, or corn tortillas, from scratch and then we used the tortillas to make quesadillas!  The main ingredient for homemade tortillas, masa harina, is fairly easy to find and is very affordable. (I purchased our supplies at Price Chopper in Burlington.)  I've encouraged students to make tortillas for their families at home and will offer extra credit for those who document the process with some photos or a short video!

Sonrisa Sale Follow Up Video

Extra credit opportunity!

For those students who enjoy cooking there are TWO extra credit opportunities in this unit!  Students can choose to prepare either Mexican tortillas de maís or tortilla española from Spain and document the process with a series of photographs or a short cooking video. Students should email me their photos or videos for me to share with other 8th graders and here on our blog!

Here are some resources that may be helpful:

Tortillas de maís recipe (remember to scroll down to the corn tortilla recipe about half way through the page)

Tortilla española cooking video and recipe

Here are some of the photos students have submitted of their at home cooking endeavors so far:

Fried Plantains

Fried Plantains and Plantain Empanadas

Plantain Empanada