Did you Know that....

Curiosities from the world...
The pink dolphins really exist!It is a rare example that has been sighted in the waters of the Calcasieu Lake in Lousiana.The dolphin has been immediately called Pinky for its colour.The first one to take a photograph of it was Erik Rue captain who spread the news.Pinky is an albino Tursiope a very rare species of dolphin: all over the world just 14 have been sighted ! Its colour is pink because it is a case of albinism and its eyes are red. This particular animal risks the extinction since births of this kind are really rare events. Very nice Pinky!!!...and you, did you believe to the existence of such a similar creature? Leave a comment if you like!

By Jessica,Giulia and Marzia

the green sea pizza

Hi ,
we are going to give you the recipe of the green sea pizza as you asked us:
Ingredients:
150 gr. yellow flour;
50 gr. white flour (00);
warm water to taste;
salt to taste;
seed oil to taste;
a small bag of yeast for pizza;
1 teaspoon of sugar.

For the seasoning:
150 gr. of spinaches (already boiled);
200 gr. salmon;
olive oil to taste.

Preparation:

Prepare with the flour a sort of fountain with a hole in the centre where to put the water, the salt, the yeast, the sugar. Mix everything. In the meanwhile add the oil so as to have a homogeneous and smooth dough. When the compound is soft make a ball, put it in a bowl and cover it with a cloth. Leave it to rest until it doubles in size. After the leavening has completed, put the dough on the table and stretch it so as to make a disk of about 25 cm. of diameter and about 3 cm. thick.
Garnish the pizza with a cream of spinaches ( previously boiled and whisked . Put your pizza in the oven, cook it. After that take it and add the salmon (cut into pieces) and season with olive oil .

The Alexander cocktail

Here is the recipe of the Alexander cocktail (which has been prepared for our cocktail competition ) as it has been asked by our etwinning Greek friends:
Alexander cocktail
Ingredients:
7/10 Cognac
3/10 dark cocoa cream
1 spoon of liquid milk cream
a sprinkle of nutmeg
Preparation:
In order to prepare a perfect Alexander, you must put the ice in a shaker together with the other ingredients (exception done for the nutmeg). Shake for 8 seconds and pour in the glass and garnish with a sprinkle of nutmeg. If you like, you can replace the latter with the bitter cocoa powder. Moreover it can be completed garnishing with a cherry. For this cocktail the use of the cocktail glass is advised, that is the classic one for larger Martini .
Have a good cocktail!!!!


This work has been written by Alessandro.

the banqueting

On 31st january our class together with our cookery teacher prepared a banqueting for some people who took part in a meeting organised in our school. It was a very nice experience that gave us the possibility to put into practice all what we learned during our cookery lessons in laboratory.

Here is the menu we prepared for our guests.

starter:
Smoked goose breast with winter salad in virgin sauce with croutons with liver Toscana mousse.

First courses :

Risotto with blueberries and red wine

Pappardelle with duck sauce


Second course:
stuffed turkey on plums and potatoes with herbs

Sidedish:
Broccoli and red turnips boiled in extra virgin olive oil.



Dessert:
tortino filled with hot chocolate, vanilla ice cream
and trifle.

And now... let's start!!!!!

And here we are with our Headmaster!

It was a very good experience for us that we hope to repeat again as soon as possible.

Bye !

This work has been written by the class 4 TSR.

Our Hotel management and catering school.

The Hotel management and catering school “Karol Wojtyla”.


Hi! My name’s Maryia. I’m Ukrainian but I’ve been living in Catania for a lot of years.



















Now I want to tell you about the school I’m attending.
The Hotel management and Catering school “Karol Wojtyla” is located in Catania in five different buildings so that students have the opportunity to attend our school in different districts of the town. The school where I go everyday is under repair now, and shortly it will be like this:




Studying here is exiting because we can get professional competences together with a good basic culture.
The school , through theoretical lessons as well as technical and practical classes, prepares students to become qualified staff for hotels and restaurants. And that’s not all! during the school year, students can improve their knowledge by visiting tourist facilities, following conferences, taking part in educational trips in Italy and abroad.
After a two-year period, the same for everyone, we choose our specialization and at end of the third year we become skilled waiters:















Cooks:

and receptionists:

During the fourth and fifth year we must perform extension hours (“THIRD AREA”) with work experience in hotels and restaurants The final title we achieve is a certificate of Catering operator or tourist operator.


This work has been written by Maryia.