In my opinion, knowing how to make a roux is a ” kitchen basic” that students should know how to create as it’s the base for many soups and sauces, including gravy.  This interactive assignment incorporates a strategy that I’ve been seeing a lot lately, mostly in the ELA world where it’s used to summarize important text information.  I thought it would work well as a  way to highlight and summarize important food information. So, here is my rendition of a food related one pager.

Set

• Write the word “ROUX” on the board and ask students to discuss with their shoulder neighbor what it is and how to pronounce it.
• Have student groups share answers; one person pronounces the word and the other shares what they think it is.

Materials

• iPads or Laptops
• One Pager Template or Blank White Paper
• Colored Pencils or Markers

Activities

• Students will need a ONE PAGER Template or blank white paper and colored pencils or markers to work with.
• Using the provided resources, students will include the following information in a creative way on their One Pager:
  • Title
  • Define roux (in your own words)
  • Ingredients that make up roux
  • Steps to make a roux
  • 3 Varieties of roux: Name (colors) with Description
  • Uses for roux
  • Color and a minimum of 5 images corresponding to information
    
• After students understand the basic concept of roux, I will demonstrate how to make a blonde roux gravy, which is a must know for hosting any holiday dinner! I like using the Spruce Eats web information for this as it includes great visuals, directions and video clips.
• Finally, students prepare their own gravy as they prepare Waffles & Gravy in the lab. Depending on your class time, students can with prepare the waffles from scratch or you can buy pre-made frozen waffles to save time. Either way, students are making their gravy from scratch.
  

Attachments

• Roux One Pager Assignment (PDF)
• Roux One Pager Template (PDF)
• Roux _One Pager Template_2 (PDF)