Italian Corn Bread I Can Cook

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Hello! Welcome to my kitchen!

I was just getting ready for today's recipe.

It's going to be a beautiful recipe today, and I can't wait!

I hope you'll join in with the cooking too.

-KNOCK AT DOOR

-Ah-ha! Come in!

ALL: Hello, Katy!

Hello! Hi, Jimmy. Hey, Susanna. Hi, Zara and Maisie.

Come in, everyone.

Good to see you!

-DOOR CLOSES

-Thank you, Maisie.

Thank you for coming, everyone.

-Do you want to know what we're cooking today?

-ALL: Yes!

Well, I will tell you.

Today's recipe is...

..Italian corn bread!

-ALL: Mmm!

-But before we get started,

there's one thing that we need to do first.

Do you know what it is?

-ALL: Wash our hands!

-That's right! We've got to wash our hands.

Come on, everyone. 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 do to make Italian corn bread

is crack an egg.

So hold your mug by the handle, and we knock, knock, knock.

Watch. It goes dribble, dribble. Look at this.

THEY CHEER

THE CHILDREN LAUGH

What are we going to do next?

-Whisk it.

-Whisk it!

You can join in with the whisking at home.

You get a mug and a fork and you whisk, whisk, whisk.

One, two, three,

-go!

-THEY LAUGH

-Ooh!

-Ooh!

Whoo!

And...stop!

Stop? Oh!

Everyone say, "Phew!"

-Phew!

-Phew!

When you've whisked it all up,

you can add it to a bowl of oil and buttermilk.

Buttermilk is the milk left over when butter is made.

Then pour in all your lovely eggy mixture.

-You can join in at home.

-I've already done it.

-One, two, three,

-pour!

-I did it already!

-Jimmy, you were ahead of the game!

JIMMY LAUGHS

Then we need to whisk all of this up.

It looks like squashed banana!

THEY LAUGH

-OK, has everyone finished?

-Yes.

-Just one more minute!

Next we add lots of dry ingredients, so put your wet bowl aside

cos we'll use that later on.

And bring this bowl onto your mat.

So in here we've got some flour and some baking powder.

Baking powder is a magic ingredient,

because it will make our lovely Italian corn bread

rise up when we put it in the oven. You can join in.

Everyone get down.

Whoo...

-Oop! Just like that.

-Woop!

So we need to give these a mix. That's it.

And the next thing we need to add is this.

Has anyone ever seen this before?

-No.

-I will tell you what it is. It's polenta

and it comes from corn. That's why it's so yellow.

It's really popular in Italy - perfect for our Italian corn bread.

Pour that in.

Hey, everyone, look! It's all white around the edge

and yellow in the middle. It looks a bit like a...?

-Egg!

-A fried egg! Give that bowl a mix too.

Ah...ooh!

It looks like sherbet.

Ooh, lovely sherbet from the sweetie shop.

-And guess what we have to do now?

-We...

We have to get out our... pinchy fingers!

Yay! I love pinchy fingers!

Can you do pinchy fingers as well?

Pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch.

Take a pinch of pepper from your pepper pot.

Can you say that? Pinch of pepper from your pepper pot.

A pinch of pepper from pep... THEY LAUGH

A pinch from your pot, from your pepper pot.

A pinch of pepper from your pepper pot.

Mix the pepper with your polenta, flour and baking powder.

Give it all a good mix, that's it.

What ingredient will we need next?

What is next? Well, let us see if you can guess what it could be.

Keep stirring guys, it's looking really good.

Let me give you some clues.

The special ingredient is white,

so could it be...

a chef's hat?!

We're not going to put a chef's hat in our cooking, are we?

Let's try again.

The special ingredient is white

and it's soft.

Hmm. So could it be...

..feathers?! Eugh!

Feathers wouldn't taste very nice to eat!

Come on, we'll try one last time together.

The special ingredient is white,

it's soft

and it comes from goats.

So it must be...

goat's cheese. The special ingredient is goat's cheese.

We need some of this in our Italian corn bread.

Let's find out more about it on my computer. Come on, guys.

Goat's cheese is made from the milk of goats,

and they are milked twice a day.

The farmer attaches pumps to the goats' udders,

and the milk is pumped into a tank.

The milk is then heated up in a special machine

called a pasteuriser, which makes it safe to use.

Then something called rennet is added, and it is all mixed together.

Next day, the mixture has separated

into the curds - the bits of cheese - and the whey,

which is the watery liquid.

The curds are scooped into trays and left for another day

until all the watery whey has gone

and you are left with goat's cheese.

Some salt is added for flavour,

and the cheese is packed into pots, ready to use.

-That looks like ice cream.

-Come on, let's get back to the cooking.

So we're going to use goat's cheese in our Italian corn bread.

We're going to scoop it out with this - a spatula.

So let's scoop out the goat's cheese

and put it into our dry bowl.

Then use your fork to mix the goat's cheese

in with everything else.

Don't forget to mix with us at home.

-Get your bowl and your fork and mix, mix, mix. That's it!

-Like me!

-I'm mixing!

-This is a type of herb called basil.

We'll tear up our basil leaves like paper, so you go

tear and rip! Can you do that?

-Tear and rip!

-That's right!

-Rub the leaves...

-Tear and rip!

..then smell your fingers. What does it smell like?

-Leaves.

-It smells like parsley.

-Smells very strong, doesn't it?

-Yes.

Let's tear and rip.

Tear and rip!

-Tear and rip!

-Rip!

-Can you do some tearing too?

-Tear and rip!

Tear and rip! That's it!

So add the basil leaves to your dry bowl.

Next we're going to add some Italian hard cheese

and some chilli flakes, which you can see on top.

Chilli flakes are hot, so if you touch them with your fingers,

don't touch your eyes.

Let's pour this in, everyone.

Now we need to add our wet bowl to our dry bowl.

We're going to hold our wet bowl like... Wait, Jimmy!

-THEY GIGGLE

-We're going to pour it in

and we'll make a sound - whoosh!

Whoosh!

And you can join in too. Ready? One, two, three,

whoosh!

Wow!

It's going everywhere!

THEY LAUGH

And then give it all a good old mix.

-A good old mix.

-I'm already doing it. I was the first one to do it.

The last thing we need to do is use our spatula

to put our mixture into our loaf tin.

I already oiled your loaf tins with olive oil.

So let's get going.

# I love doing this bit! #

Can everyone go, "Gloop?"

-Gloop!

-Gloop!

-Gloop!

-Gloop!

-Gloop!

-My one's not going anywhere.

-Zara, that is brilliant!

Fantastic! Look at that lovely glooping.

-Gloop!

-Gloop!

-I've done it, Katy!

-I'm all finished.

-Fantastic. Well done!

And that's it! You've made it!

You put all the ingredients together for your Italian corn bread

all by yourself.

Now it's time to put your Italian corn bread in the oven,

but remember, ovens are hot so don't go near.

Ask a grown-up to help you here. Come on, everyone.

OK, Susanna. You're first.

While we wait for our Italian corn bread to cook,

there's one thing left to do. What do you think it is?

-ALL: Washing-up!

-That's right! Come on, everyone. Let's get to it.

# Now we've cooked

# Let's wash up

# Stack the plates and the bowls on top

# Dishes and spoons

# Splish splash splosh

# Having fun while we tidy and wash

# Dishes and spoons

# Splish splash splosh

# Having fun while we tidy and wash. #

Can you remember some of the things that we've done today? We've...

-Cracked.

-Mixed.

-Dropped.

-Whisked.

-And...

-Torn.

Haven't we done a lot!

TING!

Mmm! I've turned the oven off

and I'm about to take our Italian corn bread out.

Our food is nearly ready to eat,

so let's lay the table and take a seat.

While I let the food cool down so it's safe to eat,

let's play a guessing game.

What can you see? Keep on looking.

Say when you know what we used in our cooking.

It's green,

it's a herb,

and we use it in our cooking and in salads.

Do you know what it is?

That's right - it's basil,

which we used to add flavour to our Italian corn bread.

Did you guess?

Well done!

And here it is, all ready to eat!

You've cooked your very own Italian corn bread!

Karim, let's have a look at yours first. Ready?

One, two, three, open up!

-Wow!

-Are you ready for yours, Zara?

-It's like pizza.

-One, two, three!

Fantastic! Look, yours is really bright, Zara.

Maisie, are you ready?

-Are you sure?

-Yes.

One, two, three...

THEY ALL GASP

-Ha-ha-ha!

-Wow!

Now we've done the cooking, let's do some eating!

-Who's hungry?

-Me!

-Me!

-Me! Let's get eating!

-My goodness! Delicious!

-I didn't know it would be like this.

How does it look different now it's come out of the oven?

It looks brown when it was light.

-That's right! Who wants some tomato?

-Me, me!

Maisie, help yourself to tomato and give some to Zara. I'll help you.

Is it quite spicy?

-Yeah, it's very hot.

-Very hot. Can you go...?

-Why do you think it's hot?

-Because it has red chilli.

Ah! Zara, what colours can you see in your bread?

-Green.

-What other colours? I can see a bit of red.

-Where?

-There, from the chilli flakes.

Susanna, who would you cook it for?

-My big brother.

-Would he eat an entire loaf of corn bread?

-Yeah!

-You'll be busy in the kitchen, Susanna!

-So what can you do?

-ALL: I can cook!

And remember that YOU can cook too!

If you'd like to cook today's recipe,

you can find it on our website.

I can taste the basil. Can you?

-Yeah!

-It's really squidgy, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-It's really nice.

Well done, everyone.

# I can cook! #