Jamie Oliver Cook Book - Tense Exercises in Recipes
Jamie Oliver Cook Book - Tense Exercises in Recipes
Jamie Oliver Cook Book - Tense Exercises in Recipes
I Read the recipe and try to guess the meaning of the unknown words from the
context. Put these verbs into Simple Present Tense or Present Continuous.
Ingredients
2 x 120 g free-range, skinless chicken breasts
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 bunch of asparagus
olive oil
4 rashers of pancetta
250 g cherry tomatoes, halved
5 black olives, destoned
a couple of sprigs of fresh basil, leaves picked
a small knob of butter
a splash of white wine
New Vocabulary:
free-range adj. (of livestock, especially poultry) kept in natural conditions, with freedom of
movement:a free-range, corn-fed chicken
(of eggs) produced by free-range poultry.
ground /graʊnd/ past and past participle of grind adjective [attributive]
reduced to fine particles by crushing or mincing:
ground cumin (mljeveni kim)
bunch – sveza, struk
rasher – režanj slanine, tanka kriška slanine - /ˈræʃ.ər/ › a thin flat piece of bacon
halve /hɑːv/ verb [with object] divide into two parts of equal or roughly equal size:
halve the aubergine lengthways
destoned – izvađenih koštica
sprig /sprɪg/noun a small stem bearing leaves or flowers, taken from a plant: izdanak, grančica,
basil – bosiljak
leaves- listovi
pick –ubrati, obrati, čupati
knob /nɒb/ noun
1a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something. 1a) a small lump of
a substance: add a knob of butter
splash – plljusak, pljusnuti, uliti, poprskati
Asparagus –špargla
Method
This __________(be) a really quick and simple meal that _________(be) perfect for a midweek
supper. I__________(use) olives to add a bit of saltiness and extra flavour, but you
__________(should/fee)l free to throw in whatever you've got in the cupboard that'll do the
same job – anchovies or sun-dried tomatoes would work well.
You _________(place) a large pan on a high heat. Then you __________(lay) your chicken
breasts on a board and you __________(cut) three incisions into each one like fingers, going all
the way through the breast but leaving about 1cm joined at the top. You _________(should
/Sprinkle) with a pinch of salt and pepper. Next, you __________(snap) the woody ends off of
the asparagus spears. Secondly, you _________(add) a splash of olive oil to the pan, and then
you ___________(put) the chicken, pancetta and asparagus. You _________(cook) for 10
minutes, or until the chicken and asparagus are cooked through and you _________(must/ turn)
all the time. Next you ________(lift) the pancetta on top of the chicken once golden and crispy.
Thirdly, Jamie _________(move) the chicken, bacon or pancetta and asparagus to one side of
the pan then he _________(throw) in the tomatoes, olives, basil leaves and butter. He
__________(need/reduce) to a low heat and he_________(add) a splash of wine to help make a
sauce. He ___________(leave) it to bubble away and thicken for a couple of minutes.
He _________(use) tongs to divide the chicken, bacon or pancetta, asparagus and most of the
tomatoes between your plates. He _________(squash) the remaining tomatoes, mixing them with
the lovely juices in the pan, then he _______(drizzle) it over the chicken before serving.
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