Specifications

OUT OF YOUR HILLBILLY
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CAMP OVEN
27
27
What to do:
1. Measure flour into large mixing
bowl, make a well in the middle
and add the chives, oil and
cheese. Pour in the beer and mix
ingredients together with a butter
knife until combined.
2. Turn out onto a floured surface and
shape into a 3-4cm flat disc. Don’t
knead your dough as all the air will
be compressed and your finished
product will not be soft and light.
3. With a sharp knife or scone cutter,
cut dough into smallish squares or
diamonds, or circles. Place pieces
onto a tray that will fit in your camp
oven. If you are using a cast iron
oven it will need to be pre-heated,
but a Hillbilly it can be used from
cold.
4. Place a good shovelful of coals
on the ground away from the
main fire. Place your Hillbilly on
the coals with a low trivet in the
bottom, put the damper pieces in
and cover with the lid. Add a
couple of shovelfuls of coals on
top of the lid and let cook for
about 15 minutes. Because
the pieces are small it allows
for the hot air in the oven to
circulate and cook them evenly
and quickly.
5. Eat them straight from the oven
with butter, or use to sop up your
favourite stew or soup. How about
olives, feta, sun dried tomatoes or
garlic? Go crazy and come up
with a gourmet creation of your
own!
WINTER WARMING
DUMPLINGS
Who can remember Grandma making
a hearty winter stew or soup and just
before serving popping some dough
balls on the top to make fat, fluffy gravy
soaked dumplings? I certainly can, and
I for one want to keep this tradition alive.
You’ll need:
• 4 cups of self raising flour.
• 1 can or bottle of beer.
• 1 tspn dried chives.
• 1 tblspn olive oil.
What to do:
1. In a large mixing bowl add the
flour, make a well in the middle,
add the chives and oil. Pour the
beer in and with a butter knife cut
the ingredients together.
2. When the ingredients are well
combined turn out onto a floured
surface and gently shape the
dough into a log. Cut small pieces
off and shape into balls about the
size of a golf ball or smaller. This
quantity of ingredients will make
about 24 dumplings.
3. About 15 minutes before you’re
ready to serve your stew or soup,
open up the Hillbilly, place the
dough balls on the surface and
cover with the lid. Cook for about
5 minutes then remove lid and
turn dumplings over, cover
and cook for remaining 10
minutes. One dumpling per
person is usually enough but they
are so darn good you may find you
will have to allow for a couple. Get
creative and have fun!