Lockdown Learning: Foundation Cooks & Cheesecake recipe

Chef Finn demonstrating to the Foundation students Live as they watch on.

Level 3 - Remote Cooking

During these 2 lockdown weeks, our Foundation student chefs prepared the following dishes from their own homes - 

• French Omelette
• Farmers breakfast with hash browns and poached eggs
• Cheesecake
• Pavlova roulade with lemon curd
• Butter chicken with rice
• Beef burger 
• Chilli con carne on rice
• Pork stir fry with asian veggies and rice
• Beef bourguignon served with mushrooms
• Grilled Pork cutlet and pork belly
• Weiner schnitzel with crispy fries and mayo

Claudia has prepared this plain french omelette with mushrooms at home.

French mushroom omelette by Naoko.

Farmer's breakfast with hash browns and poached eggs by Levi.

Hash browns, poached eggs and grilled tomato & broccoli by Naoko.

Home-made cheesecake prepared by Jae.

Classic cheesecake by Dawn.

Pavlova roulade served with lemon curd by Claudia.

Pavlova roulade by Jae.

Butter chicken with rice and roti by Claudia.

Butter chicken with rice by Naoko.

Juicy beef burger with bacon by Jae.

Beef burger by Claudia.

Chilli con carne on rice by Dawn.

Pork stir fry with asian veggies and rice noodles by Dawn.

Beef bourguignon served with mushrooms by Naoko.

Beef bourguignon served with mushrooms by Dawn.

Grilled Pork cutlet served with grilled apple by Jae.

Beautifully plated Pork belly by Naoko.

Weiner schnitzel with crispy fries and mayo by Claudia.

Weiner schnitzel with crispy fries by Naoko.

Recipe: Cheesecake

Cheesecake prepared by Claudia at home during the lockdown. 

This Easy Cheesecake Recipe comes out perfect every time! Make a creamy, smooth cheesecake baked with a crunchy biscuit base.

Ingredients

100 g digestive biscuits - crushed
40 g butter
220 g cream cheese
60 ml cream
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp sugar
Zest of a lemon

Method

• Set oven at 150°C
• Mix digestive and butter. Press it into a 17 cm tin.
• Bake 10 minutes until golden. Allow to cool off
• Mix all ingredient for the filling and pour on to the base.
• Bake in the oven until the filling has set – 30-40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool