Strawberry Crown I Can Cook

# I can cook Doo-doo doo-doo

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-# I can cook! #

-With you.

Hello. Great to see you.

I'm getting ready to go on a journey.

I hope that you're going to come with me

and make some new friends.

Katy, can you make something for the tea party at the castle?

I love strawberries. Katy, can you cook with me, please?

I certainly can. And I love castles. And you can cook with me, too.

So, let's pack up and go.

# Off on a journey and Im coming to you

# It's going to be busy and there's lots to do

# Get ready to help join in and have fun

# Let's cook a feast for everyone. #

Here we are at the castle. It's a little bit rainy.

-I can see Pula's friends and family. Hello!

-Hello!

But I wonder where Pula's hiding.

-Katy!

-There you are, Pula!

-And who's in your tent with you?

-Katie.

-Hello, Katie.

-Freddie.

-Hiya, Freddie.

-And what's your name?

-Kaan.

Kaan, great to meet you. What are we going to do today?

-Make something for my tea party.

-Brilliant!

I've got just the thing we can cook. Follow me.

Welcome to my outdoor kitchen.

Would you like to know what we're going to cook?

-Yes!

-I'll tell you. Today's recipe is very special.

It is the delicious, scrumptious...

Strawberry Crown.

-Mmmm.

-That looks so good. I can't wait to make it.

But there's something we need to do first.

-Do you know what?

-ALL: Wash our hands!

That's right, we need to wash our hands. Off we go.

# Roll up your sleeves

# Give your hands a wash with slippy-dippy soap

# Splish splash splosh

# Have you done your hands? Washed and dried

# Sleeves rolled up

# Apron tied

# What can you do? I can cook! #

Let's get started.

The first thing we need to make our Strawberry Crown

is self-raising flour.

This is going to make everything rise up.

Let's pretend to rise up. We start down low, low, low.

And we go like this. W-o-o-o-o-p!

This time, why don't you join in? We go down, down, down.

ALL: W-o-o-o-o-p!

We're going to play the weighing game with our flour.

We've got scales here.

This weighs as much as the flour we need,

which we're going to put on the other side.

We add the flour until the two sides are exactly the same.

Pula, you come and help me. Here's the jar of self-raising flour.

There's your spoon.

We'll shout if we need...

ALL: More or...less.

Let's play the weighing game.

More!

-More!

-You're doing a great job.

-Oh!

-Less!

You need to take some out, now.

-Less.

-OK, quick. Less.

Wait, wait.

A little bit more, a teeny bit more.

-Have they balanced out?

-Yes!

Let's give Pula a big clap.

We've added butter to our flour and we're going to tickle it.

Tickle! Have you got your tickle fingers ready?

Fantastic. Let's get tickling.

-Pula, what does it feel like?

-Soft and squishy.

-Squidgy!

-Squidgy!

-My butter's disappeared.

-It's crumbly in little pieces.

The next ingredient is caster sugar.

Pour that in. Whoosh!

Look how sparkly it is. It's like glitter.

The next ingredient is milk. Where do you think milk comes from?

-Cows.

-Can you moo like a cow with us? One, two, three...

ALL: Moo!

So, get your milk.

We're going to add some, but not all.

Go and stop!

Now we use our fork to give it a...

ALL: Mix!

Hold your bowl and give it a good mix.

Don't forget you can mix with us.

You can get your bowl and fork and mix, mix, mix.

Mine's all sticking to my fork.

That's exactly what we're looking for.

Let's put our dough mixture to the side,

because we have to do something amazing.

-We've got to make...

-ALL: Snow for the dough.

Let's make a giant snowstorm.

Three, two, one,

go! Whoosh!

Brilliant.

Take your dough out, and we're going to make it into a ball.

See, that's a nice ball shape.

-Mine's nearly a ball.

-Mine's already a ball.

Put your hand out like that.

We're going to flatten our dough ball.

Squish! That's it.

We've got a nice, flat base for our fruit crown.

-I need you to put your thumb up like this, and go...

-Yeah!

Now, tuck your thumb in,

and we're going to use our knuckles to make a dip in the base.

We do a few little dips,

it should be getting flatter and flatter, like a plate.

We're going to pick our dough base up

and put in onto a baking tray. Fantastic!

I wonder what ingredient we're going to need next.

Well, let us see if you can guess what it could be.

So, we've got a yellow sock, some strawberries,

and a red pepper.

What would you choose?

I'll give you some clues. The ingredient is red.

So it can't be a yellow sock.

We wouldn't want to put that in our recipe.

The special ingredient is a berry.

It can't be a pepper because that's not a berry.

The special ingredient is strawberries.

We'll need them for our recipe.

Earlier, I went to find some.

I've come to Mereworth to look for strawberries.

The plants in this field grow in plastic tunnels

that protect them and keep them warmer

so we can pick them for longer.

When a strawberry is ripe, which means it's ready to eat,

it turns red and big and juicy, like this strawberry here.

That one is green, that's not ripe.

We won't pick that one, we'll pick the nice red one.

Let's go to another field

where the strawberries grow in a different way.

The strawberries in this field grow in bags on table tops,

which makes them easier to pick and keeps them healthier.

Look at that one! Yum!

I think that's enough. Let's give them a wash

then use them in our Strawberry Crown.

I've never seen so many strawberries.

Now let's use them in the recipe.

The first thing we need to do is some cutting.

Knives can be sharp, so you must be careful.

But a table knife is the kind you use at home.

They're fine for us.

Take the first strawberry and cut it down the middle,

very carefully, like that.

Keep doing that with all your strawberries. Brilliant!

-Have you finished cutting?

-Yes.

We need to do some spreading.

For that we need to use strawberry jam.

We need to play the two spoon game.

-So pick up your two spoons.

-Yes.

-Give them a wave.

Scoop up some strawberry jam with one spoon,

and slide it onto your dough base with the other spoon, like this.

Slide!

Then we need to use one of our spoons to spread the strawberry jam

so we make a jam pond. Spread, spread, spread!

The next ingredient we need is this.

Do you know what this is?

Basil's something you can eat, and it smells good.

-That's right, it's a herb.

-It smells really nice.

I think it smells delicious.

We tear and rip our basil leaves, and put them on our fruit crown.

You can join in, too. Like this.

Tear and rip.

Tear and rip.

We're going to use half of these basil leaves,

and we're going to sprinkle them onto our jam pond.

It's time to add the crown jewels.

Our jewels, which are the strawberries, are in this bowl here,

and we're going to arrange them onto our crown

in whatever way we like.

Some are outside and some are in the middle.

Yours is a crown fit for a king!

Next we need to sprinkle on the rest of our basil leaves.

Sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle.

Take a pinch of demerara sugar

and sprinkle it all over your Strawberry Crown.

ALL: Dem-e-ra-ra sugar!

And that is it! You made it, everyone!

You put all the ingredients together all by yourself.

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

It's time to put them in the oven. Follow me.

Now, the food is about to go in the oven.

The oven is hot, so don't go near.

You need to ask a grown up to help you.

# Now we've cooked with you and had lots of fun

# Let's tidy up and think of all the things that we have done

-# There was...

-Mixing!

-Tickling!

-Spreading!

-Weighing!

# Now clearing any mess and putting things away

# Is always fun to do at the end of the day. #

And here they are! All ready to eat.

You've made your very own Strawberry Crowns.

Pula, let's have a look at yours. Wow, that looks scrumptious.

-What do you like most?

-Strawberries.

-You love them, don't you?

-Yeah.

Katie, let's have a look at yours.

That half looks like a pizza.

-Will your friends and family like them?

-Yeah!

Let's save them for later.

We've travelled to you, cooked and had fun.

Let's have a party with everyone!

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

-Come on, everyone. Follow me.

And you can come, too. Come on!

Here we are by the castle.

I don't believe it, it's raining again.

But that won't stop our picnic, will it?

-No!

-I've got one question. Who is hungry?

-Me!

-Me!

-Me too.

This is so funny.

And we've made extra for your family, too.

Let's eat our Strawberry Crowns.

Here you go. A little bit soggy, but I'm sure it'll taste delicious.

-Mmm, lovely.

-Mmm, yum.

-What does it taste like?

-Sweet.

Do you know what the best part is? The rain.

This is good!

It's delicious! What can you do?

ALL: I can cook!

With me, and with you.

And you can try today's recipe, too.

Just go to our website.

I wonder if there's a princess in the castle?

Maybe she'll want some.

Come on, let's go!

Did you bring some?

We have to go and give the princess some Strawberry Crown.

# I can cook! #