All Rounder Biscuits
TOTAL TIME: 20 minutes
SERVES: 24 Biscuits
Ingredients
- 250g soft butter
- 2/3 cup caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 egg
- 2-2 ¼ cups sifted flour.
Method
1. Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy; lightly beat the egg, then stir in well. Stir in the flour – add more or less depending on how stiff you want your dough – soft for blobbing, firm for cutting out shapes.
2. Place blobs or cut-out shapes on a trivet and baking tray (a small pizza tray is perfect for biscuits) and cook in your camp oven at medium heat (or 180 degrees celsius in your home oven) for 10 to 15 minutes.
Variations:
You can add half a cup of any of the following ingredients:
- Lightly crushed chocolate chips or M&Ms – add with the flour
- Sultanas – add with the flour
- Peanut butter – add this to the egg mixture before adding the flour
- Glace fruit
- Crushed macadamia nuts and chopped white chocolate
- Jam – make a small dent in the top of each biscuit blob and put a dab of jam in the middle.
Personal Pizzas
TOTAL TIME: 20 - 30 minutes
SERVES: 8
Ingredients
- 2 cups of self-raising flour
- 500g Greek or natural yogurt
- (needs to be a thick yogurt)
- Tomato paste
- Pizza toppings of choice
- Pre-grated cheese.
Method
1. Combine flour and yoghurt in a bowl, turn out onto a floured surface and knead for approximately 10 minutes, dusting with extra flour until the dough is no longer sticky.
2. Separate dough into eight even balls and roll out each on a floured surface. Transfer each of the rolled-out dough balls to a pizza tray.
3. Spoon the tomato paste over the dough, then top with ingredients and sprinkle mozzarella over the top (from edge to edge).
4. Heat your barbecue or camp oven until very hot. If you’ve got a pizza stone, even better – because it helps to distribute the heat evenly.
5. Once the stone is hot, slide the pizza onto it and close the lid. It takes about 20 minutes, but keep an eye on it while it’s cooking.
Top Tip
Personal pizzas are a great way for little ones to help cook, and giving them agency over the ingredients they use can help encourage them to try new things.
Basic Risotto
TOTAL TIME: 30 minutes
SERVES: 6
Ingredients
- 8 cups chicken, beef or vegetable stock
- (make with stock powder or cubes)
- ½ block (125g) butter
- 2 brown onions, finely chopped
- 2 cups short-grain rice
- ½ cup dry white wine
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese.
Method
1. Heat up the stock so it is hot when you need to use it.
2. Using a metal spoon, in a large, heavy pot or deep pan (camp oven), melt half the butter over low/ medium heat. Add in the onion and sauté until soft and lightly browned.
3. Pour in the dry rice and stir for a minute until it is coated in the butter. Add the wine and cook, stirring until it’s absorbed.
4. Add two cups of the stock and cook, stirring until almost absorbed.
5. Add another two cups of stock and cook, stirring until almost absorbed.
6. Add remaining stock and simmer for 5-10 minutes until all the stock is absorbed. The rice should be very soft and moist.
7. Gently mix in the remaining butter and Parmesan cheese with a fork, being careful not to break up the grains. Serve hot, with extra Parmesan on top, and some crusty bread.
Variations
You can basically add anything you like when you add the butter and Parmesan cheese. Some suggestions include:
- Shredded ham, cooked chicken, or leftover sausages
- Cooked vegetables of your choice; such as pumpkin, mushrooms or zucchini
- Big handful of fresh spinach
- Chopped tomato with a teaspoon of dried basil and a splash of lemon juice.
Spaghetti Non-Regretti
TOTAL TIME: 35 - 40 minutes
SERVES: 4 - 6
Ingredients
- 500g pork mince
- 1 500g jar of tomato paste
- 1 red onion (diced)
- 6-10 mushrooms (finely chopped)
- 2 cups of water
- 2 cubes beef stock
- 1 pack of pasta (any type)
- 1 grated carrot (if desired)
- Olive oil
- Mixed herbs
- 2 cloves of garlic (crushed).
Method
1. Heat a large pot on high heat, and add a drizzle of olive oil. Place all pork mince into the pot, and stir until brown.
2. Add garlic and tomato paste, then fill the (now empty) jar with water twice and add it to the meat with the onion and beef stock. Simmer on a medium heat and once bubbling add the mushrooms and carrot (if desired).
3. Cook until reduced; which should take 15 minutes. However a longer slower cook will always taste better, so get it on early and let the flavours do their thing.
4. Boil the pasta until soft, and add directly to the bolognaise sauce. Stir until a good ratio of meat/pasta is achieved.
5. Serve topped with cheese and mixed herbs.
Cheese and Bacon Pancakes
TOTAL TIME: 15 minutes
SERVES: 4
Ingredients
- 1 bottle of pancake mix
- 1 cup of grated cheese
- 2 rashers of bacon, chopped
Method
1. Fry the bacon until crispy, and remove it from heat.
2. Mix the cooked bacon into the pancake mix, and pour small rounds onto your greased hotplate to cook.
3. Just before turning them, sprinkle some grated cheese onto each pancake.
4. Flip over and cook the other side and then enjoy the cheesy bacon deliciousness once cooked.
