For MS4 Teachers and Students: a guide to recipe writing

1. How To Write A Recipe

2. What is a recipe?
It’s a set of instructions for preparing a
certain food: dish or drink.
The purpose of a recipe is to have a
precise record of the ingredients used,
the amounts needed and the way they
are combined.

3. Recipe NameThe recipe name
tells you what you’ll
be making.
Some recipes include
a picture or drawing
to show what the
food or drink will
look like when it’s

4. There are three components to a
recipe
The list
of
ingredie
nts
The
amount of
ingredient
s
The
preparati
on
instructio
ns

5. The list of
ingredients

6. Kilo / gram(s) / a piece of / a slice of / a
pinch of / a dash of / a cup of / a
tablesoon of / a teaspoon of / a packet of /
A package of / some ….
Litre / ½ litre / ¼ litre / ¾ litre

7. The preparation
instructions

8. Things you can do to
food
To peel To cut To chop
To slice
To rinse To grate
To
smashTo blend

9. To beat
To fry
To add To mix To pour
To bake To heatTo knead

10. To cook
To grillTo boil To steam
To meltTo roast To brown

11. Places to put the
food
On a high flame
In a bowl
On a low flame
In a pan
In a pot

12. In the oven
In the freezer
In a cool place
In the fridge
In the
microwave