bannock

[FerlasDave]

i just got some ingredients to try a bannock, does anyone have any tips that i may cinsider when baking?

 

[JohnC]

dont make the dough too wet, I did and it poured out the pan when I tilted it.

 

[FerlasDave]

ill keep that in mind thanks!

 

[steveo]

Dont make it to thick ,pat the dough down to about an inch or so ,this helps to cook it throughout !

 

[Tadpole]

I've used the following post to make the best bannock I've tasted. I've tried several different recipes but keep comeing back to this one.
john Fenna's bannock
I tend to fry a pack of bacon before hand in the pan I cook my bannock in, the bannock soaks up the bacon grease. NOTE cheap bacon from a supermarket will not do for this

 

[John Fenna]

Get the heat "just right" - too cool and you take forever and achieve a hard and 'dead' bannock - too hot and you get a black crunchy crust and raw centre.
Check that it is not burning occassionally, but not so often that you lose the heat.....



Keep trying after many disasters!

 

[FerlasDave]

thanks guys,

is there any particular wood i could burn to get the heat to be right?

 

[Tadpole]

thanks guys,

is there any particular wood i could burn to get the heat to be right?

wood lore

wood-burning-poem

 

[FerlasDave]

thats great, thanks

 

[RobertRogers]

Don't bother with a pan - wrap it on a stick

 

[fishy1]

I have have very good results cooking it on disposible barbeque mesh over embers. Cooks fast and evenly.

If I was doing it, I wouldn't make it anything like 1 inch thick, bannock will rise considerably. I probably squash it to about 1cm thick.

 

[shep]

Cooking on a rock works best and minimizes washing up.

It can be hard to get to cook through before the outside burns (with my fire skills). The latest trick I learned was to cook it in small balls or biscuits which cook through more easily.

 

[FerlasDave]

i managed to make some last night i used 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of egg powder, 1 cup of milk powder and some salt.

it worked out fine, cooked it in a pan which took 40 mins but it tasted quite nice. my only draw back is the mess i made of my hands mixing the stuff.

had it with some polony i had in the fridge that sliced and kebabed.

 

[Buckshot]

If you put it in a plastic bag you can mix it all in there, keeping your hands clean.
You can either tip it out or cut the corner off the bag and squeeze it out if making a slightly runny mix.

Mark

 

[FerlasDave]

good idea.

*adds bags to kit*