CHRISTMAS RECIPES

Shortbread

170g butter/mantequilla
85g sugar/azucar
200g plain flour/harina
60g ground rice/arroz en polvo
Oven: 150°C or Gas 2

Blend sugar and butter together with fingers, then slowly add flour and rice until you have a soft ball of dough. Roll into a tin, lined with baking paper (papel horno), and mark into pieces with a knife. Prick (pinchazo?) with a fork and cook for 50minutes, or until golden brown. Sprinkle (rociar) with sugar and leave to cool.



Mars Bar Traybake

4 Mars Bars
115g butter/mantequilla
120g rice crispie cereal/arroz inflado

Slowly melt the butter and Mars Bars in a pan (don’t burn!), until you have a smooth mixture. Add the cereal and stir until it is covered in chocolate. Press into a tin lined with baking paper and put into fridge until set. Cut into squares.



Jam Tarts

115g butter/mantequilla
230g plain flour/harina
Pinch/pellizco salt
Cold water
Jam/mermelada
Oven: 150°C or Gas 2

Blend flour, salt and butter with fingers until it is like breadcrumbs (migas?). Slowly add a little water until you have a ball of firm dough. Roll out and use a cup to cut 12 circles of pastry. Put these in the tin, and put a teaspoon (cucharadita) of jam in each one (not too much!). Cook for 20 minutes, then leave to cool.


Chocolate Chip Cookies

100g butter/mantequilla
175g self raising flour/harina con levadura
75g sugar/azucar
30ml syrup/sirope
30ml milk/leche
100g chocolate chips/perlitas de chocolate
Oven: 180°C or Gas 4

Mix butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then stir in the syrup, flour, chocolate chips and milk. Put spoonfuls on to a baking tray, not too close together, and cook for 8-10 minutes.


Chocolate Biscuit Cake

100g butter/mantequilla
50g syrup/sirope
25g drinking chocolate/cola cao
50g raisins or cherries/pasas o cerezas rojas
200g crushed digestive biscuits/galletas

Slowly melt butter, syrup, drinking chocolate in a pan (don’t burn!). Remove from heat and stir in crushed biscuits and rasins or cherries. Press in tin and leave to set. Cut into squares.



Chocolate Truffles

50g butter/mantequilla
40g drinking chocolate/cola cao
175g condensed milk/leche condensada
140g crushed digestive biscuits/galletas
50g coconut/noix de coco
Slowly melt butter, drinking chocolate and condensed milk in a pan (don’t burn!), and add the biscuits and coconut. Mix together well and allow to cool a little, then make small balls and roll in more coconut to cover.

by Nicola Brooks (English Teacher)

FROM MELIDE TO DENMARK

A month ago I’ve been in Denmark
for a week with my sister visiting a
friend who is there studying for a year.
We went thinking of Denmark like a
cold country but there were such a
good weather that all my clothes were
very thick and all Danish look at me
strange in all the places that we have
visited: the little mermaid, the black
diamond, the Parlament, the old castles…
because when I wanted to put out
something of my bag there were a scarf
and gloves while I was surrounded by
people in sandals and T-shirts.

In spite of this I’ve spent an amazing
time meeting people for a lot of
countries and I don’t know why but
now, on the one hand, I’m sad because
perhaps all the crazy Italian boys, the
strange one from Singapur, the young
girl from Belgium who is going to get
married in June and she has invited
me …all people who were my best
friends and the only people I know
there during a week, now are very
far and I don’t know if I’m going to
see them but, on the other hand,
I’m very happy and because now
I have a excuse for go to different
countries to visit them, also to New
Zeeland! And I am expecting to go
with them in a trip in summer;
however we do not know the place to go yet!

Finally I only have to say that for
me travelling is the best way to know
yourself, your country and people that
help you with this two things, it has been
a great experience and I don´t need to
think it so much time if someone suggest
me now to go again!

Laura García Torreiro (2º Bac. C)

NATURAL HISTORY

If you are a fan of nature, and you go to London,
you must visit the Natural History Museum. But
if you can't go to London, you can take a virtual
visit here. Be careful with spiders!

SAVING THE WORLD

The world is changing every day, but not always as we would like it to. Take a look at Greenpeace's website, a page in English where you can find up-to-date information about all the injustices which are affecting our planet. And it has wonderful pictures! Click here.

ART ON THE NET

Has anybody told you that you are a bit "baroque"? Or do you know anybody with a "gothic" aspect? Maybe you feel "impressionist" today, and "expressionist" tomorrow. Well, if you want to get deep into all these terms, and much more, visit the ARTCYCLOPEDIA, a massive website on art, from all the times and trends. Find out things about their works, their lives... Just with a simple CLICK HERE. Oh, and of course it is in English!

EUROPE THROUGH COMIC

The English Department of our school are initiating
a European program to know Europe in a better
way through the comic productions of different
countries. It will be a way to find things in common
with our neighbours from Polland, Germany, Roma-
nia, Bulgaria and Italy. There was a meeting of
teachers in Venice (Italy), and there we decided
to form a group to start this program. If everything
goes on, next school year we will discover amazing
things about comic in Europe, and about European
people. Let's hope for the best!