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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CITY OF MEYCAUAYAN

Pag-asa St., Malhacan, City of Meycauayan, Bulacan

Learning
Activity Sheet 10
in
TLE (Cookery)
Third Quarter - Week 7
Plate/Present Poultry and Game Dishes
(TLE_HECK10PGD-IIIi-27)
 PLATE/PRESENT POULTRY AND GAME
DISHES

MELC: LO 3. Plate/Present Poultry and Game Dishes

Code: (TLE_HECK10PGD-IIIi-27)

Objectives:
1. Differentiate portion and serving.
2. Discuss the factors to consider in presenting poultry dishes.
3. Distinguish different ways of presenting poultry and game dishes.
4. Create a collage of plating presentation of poultry and game dishes
.

People eat with their eyes, and creative and thoughtful plating
enhances both the look and taste of your food. Focusing on presentation also
allows chefs to showcase their creations and demonstrate to guests that
they’re getting their money’s worth.
An understanding of food plating techniques will help to improve overall
presentation and enhance the dining experience.
Before you begin preparing your dish, you should consider the kind of
cuisine you’re serving. You can’t start building your plate until all of your
flavors are finalized, so it’s wise to have your ingredients prepared before you
begin the actual plating process.

Portion Control for Cooked Poultry and Game

Chicken
 Meat shrinks about 25% when cooked.
A quarter-pound hamburger (4 oz.) will
actually yield a 3 ounce portion after
cooking. An 8 ounce steak will yield
about 6 ounces of cooked meat.
 A chicken breast is generally 3 - 4
ounces.
 A chicken thigh is usually 2 ounces,
while a leg is 1 - 2 ounces.
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 Chicken wings are high in fat. It takes
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How to Do Control Portion Sizes – Portion Control Secrets

It‘s not always what you eat, but how much you eat - It‘s the size of
your servings that really counts!

Most of us tend to underestimate the amount of food we eat and tend

to overestimate the recommended portion sizes for many foods. Almost
everyone underestimates the number of calories they consume, and people
who weigh more do so, to a greater degree.

Portion: A “portion” is how much food you choose to eat at one time
(breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack), whether in a restaurant, from a package,
or in your kitchen. Portions can be bigger or smaller than the recommended
food servings. There is no standard portion size and no single right or wrong
portion size.

Serving: A “serving” size is the amount of food listed (and recommended) on

a product‘s Nutrition Facts (panel of packaged food) or the amount of food
recommended in the Food Guide Pyramid and the Dietary Guidelines* for
Americans. Sometimes, the portion size and serving size match; sometimes
they do not. A serving is a standard amount used to help give advice about
how much to eat, or to identify how many calories and nutrients are in a food.

How to Control Portion Sizes:

Eating smaller portions of food is one of the easiest ways to cut back on
calories—but it can also be one of the most challenging, with the current trend
of super-sizing. How do you know a reasonable portion of food when you see
it? Visualize the objects mentioned below when eating out, planning a meal,
or grabbing a snack.

Factors to consider in presenting/plating poultry dishes

Types of service wares Plating Garnishing

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 Sauces Accompaniments

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 Types of service wares

Select and use appropriate service ware to present the dishes.
 Plating
The arrangement of food on the plate.
 Garnishing
It is an item or substance used as a decoration accompanying a
prepared food or drink.
 Sauces
It is a liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing
other foods.
 Accompaniments
These are complementary additions to the main ingredient of a meal.

Plating/ Presenting Poultry Dishes

Creative Food Presentation Techniques

The way food is presented affects a person‘s

perception of how it will taste. People instinctively
reject bruised apples and browned bananas, and
recognize well-marbled beef and perfectly ripe
produce. Prepared dishes work in the same
manner. The perfect dish includes food that tastes
as good as it looks.

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Much of the artistry of cooking comes after
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it from pot to plate. Here, chefs rise above cooks as they arrange the different
components on a plate-like interior designers place furniture to create
culinary masterpieces.

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 The home chef faces similar circumstances on a nightly basis. Whether
you‘re entertaining, preparing a special meal or jazzing up an old favorite,
these food presentation tips will set your dishes apart from the crowd.

Plating the Food

Plating is the act of arranging the meal

on the individual plate immediately before it‘s
served. Presentation should look natural. It
should feel as though everything that is on the
plate is meant to be should feel as though
everything that is on the plate is meant to be
exactly where it is. Try to strike a balance
between having enough food on the plate to
convey hospitality without overcrowding the
plate—and potentially offending your guest. Try
to leave one-third of the plate empty, and plate
your dish immediately before you serve it. It
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and cold food should be cold; always check the
temperature of your food before you serve it to a guest. After you have put the
food on the plate, check to see that the plate is clean. Plate edges should be
especially immaculate. Clean spills or sauces away with a moistened clean
sponge or paper towel.

Decorate the Frame

If the food is the masterpiece,
then the plate is its frame. Adapt
artistic framing strategies to your
cooking for a quick way to improve
your food presentation. Buy beautiful
bowls and plates in a variety of shapes
and colors. The same bowl of soup
looks dramatically different in a small
Asian ceramic cup and an oversized,
shallow white French consommé bowl. https://forums.egullet.org/topic/6
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 You can also decorate the rim of a plate,
just as you‘d decorate a frame. Use
culinary elements like colorful spices or
confectioner‘s sugar; specialty salts like
Hawaiian alaea or Himalayan pink salt
which also lend themselves wonderfully
to this purpose.
For small appetizers, part of the
presentation is making the display
platter look beautiful. Make a bed of
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presentations shafts of wheat, or large sprigs of fresh
herbs like rosemary and thyme. This is also a good trick to use if you are
preparing a hors d‘oeuvre platter.
If you‘re decorating a plate that will hold hot food, be aware that by the
time you‘re finished garnishing the plate, the food may not be hot. In some
cases, you can garnish the plate before you plate the food. If this is impossible,
work quickly and have all of your garnishes close by.

Mix Shapes, Colors and Textures

Food is naturally beautiful.
Combine foods with different shapes,
colors and textures on the same plate.
Grilled filet mignon becomes even
more decadent when it appears on the
plate with stark white mashed
potatoes and a bright green steamed
vegetable.
In this case, these different
elements combine for a dish that
catches the eye. If your plate will https://www.tablespoon.com/posts/how-to-
contain multiple elements, use an odd plate-like-a-chef
number of dishes rather than an even number for further interest. Grilled
fillet mignon with mashed potatoes and steamed asparagus look great, but
add a stack of sliced tomatoes and the combination becomes regimented and
less remarkable.
Try to integrate a variety of shapes in each dish. Risotto is boring when
paired with rice, as the two are nearly identical in shape, color and size.
Meatballs and brussels sprouts are different colors but the same shape.

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 But meatballs and rice make an interesting
combination, as do risotto and Brussels
sprouts.

For a restaurant-worthy twist on traditional

side-by-side plating, stack the components of
your dish vertically. Arrange asparagus into a
teepee on the plate, with a dipping sauce in the
center; make salads more cylindrical than
vertical. This approach can make any plate
instantly more interesting.

Keep in mind that sometimes the most

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its appearance can certainly be improved with
a small garnish or beautiful brulee dish, the
texture and color of the caramelized sugar are beautiful enough on their own.

Garnishes

Garnishes can be as simple or

intricate as you like. For a twist on
the traditional parsley sprig, use a
sprig or two of an herb or spice that
was used in the dish. A ham flavored
with rosemary might feature a spring
of rosemary on each plate. Spicy pad
Thai can include a wedge of lemon or
lime and a dash of paprika sprinkled
around the plate.
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 You can also garnish with small
fans of fruits and vegetables like
cucumber, pineapple, avocado, citrus,
kiwi or apple. Slice the fruit or vegetable
into thin rounds, leaving ¼ of flesh
connected on one side to hold the
rounds together. Gently spread out the
slices and arrange them neatly in an
arc.
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ideas/

Several kitchen tools are available that

will help you transform nearly any fruit into an
attractive garnish for a plate.

The key to selecting a garnish is picking

a garnish that will improve the dish. Garnishes
add color and continue a theme, such as a
brightly colored orchid on top of passion fruit
crème brulee. They can accent a dish‘s color,
like chives on top of a baked potato, or a dish‘s
flavor.

Garnishes can provide complementary

flavor, like peanuts in pad Thai, or contrasting https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/35
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flavor, like a lemon wedge with seafood. An
entrée‘s sauce also makes a delicious garnish. Swirl it around or atop the
plate for visual and gustatory interest.
The way food looks on the plate is the most commonly ignored facet of
cooking at home. Too often, other considerations such as time, money, and
food allergies push presentation out of mind. Since most children and their
families eat their main meals at home, attractive food presentation is just as
important at home as it is in a restaurant. A dish that looks good is more
likely to be eaten. Even picky kids will forego sugary cereal in favor of Mickey
Mouse-shaped waffles or a plate with over easy egg eyes, a bacon smile and
potato cheeks. You can even trick your palate into liking Brussels sprouts,
zucchini and other healthy produce with a beautiful arrangement on a dish.

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Assessment

ACTIVITY 1 (Knowledge) TRUE OR FALSE

Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if

not. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

______1. Garnishes can provide complementary flavor.

______2. Portion is a standard amount used to help give advice about how
much to eat.
______3. Chicken meat shrinks about 50% when cooked.
______4. Plating is the act of arranging the meal on the individual plate
immediately before it’s served.
______5. A chicken breast is generally 5-6 ounces.
______6. The way food looks on the plate is the most commonly ignored facet
of cooking at home.
______7. A 9 ounce steak will yield about 10 ounces of cooked meat.
______8. A chicken thigh is usually 4 ounces while a leg is 2-3 ounces.
______9. Chicken wings are high in fat.
______10. The key to selecting a garnish is picking a garnish that will improve
the dish.

ACTIVITY 2 (Understanding) THINGS TO REMEMBER

Directions: List down 5 important things to remember when

plating the food. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Decorate the Frame

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Mix Shapes, Colors and Textures

Garnishes

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ACTIVITY 3 (Valuing) WHAT’S THE SIGNIFICANCE?

Directions: Write the importance of plating food. Write it on a

separate sheet of paper.

What is the significance of plating the poultry and game dishes properly?
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CRITERIA SCORE
Content – The essay includes all the relevant information 10
Spelling and Grammar – All spellings and grammar are correct. 10

ACTIVITY 4 (Performance) COLLAGE MAKING

Directions: Create a collage of plating presentation of
poultry and game dishes. Use oslo paper and design it with any
coloring materials. You will be graded by your parent/guardian.
Copy the rubrics and rate on a separate sheet of paper.
Your performance will be rated using the scoring rubric below.
Improvemen
Satisfactory

Satisfactory

No Attempt
Excellent

Needs
Very

RUBRICS
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5 4 3 2 1
Creativity

Resourcefulness

Originality

Neatness

Time Management

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