Ray's Bannocks!

[AJB]

Hi,

The phone rang in the middle of last nights (28.4.05) Ray Mears, Doh! Does anyone remember his Bannock recipe? I've tried a few and so far they've been nasty!

 

[Tony]

Umm, I may be wrong but I think it was......2 parts flour, 1 part dried milk. In the one last night he added some dried egg, sugar and dried fruit....

 

[Womble]

there was also some baking powder (unknown quantity) and water (unknown quantity once again)

 

[Tony]

there was also some baking powder (unknown quantity) and water (unknown quantity once again)

Ahh, yes of course! He even made a point of it Don't come and eat bannock at my place

 

[Womble]

Any suggestions as to the amount of water Tone?

I would imagine that it would be measured ad-hoc, based on when the dough looked right.

Bannocks are now DEFINATELY on the menu for the demo backwoods camp I'm doing next weekend, and I'd like to get some practice in at the weekend.

 

[tomtom]

i would think the water would be 1 part.. to make flour/milk the same ammount

 

[Ed]

I would imagine that it would be measured ad-hoc, based on when the dough looked right.

Yep

Add the water a little at a time and mix in well... the dough should be sticky enough to bind to a stick but not too gloopy that it falls off. ... ie you can form it into a shape and it will stay there, not deform.

If you end up with a load of gloop you can either add more flour etc or fry the gloop like canadian pan cakes.


Ed

 

[Womble]

was it a "pinch" of baking powder?

 

[innocent bystander]

How many parts of mosquito did he use ?

 

[stevec]

i think that you might have missed out one the ingredients, RUM lovely
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[AJB]

Thanks for your info everyone. - Andy

 

[Gail]

I think there was a smattering of mosquito and lashings of lovely rum !!

 

[Grez]

I thought it was powdered egg he used last night?

 

[Hoodoo]

I know this recipe works.

6 cups flour
1 cup shortening
1 cup dry milk
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup baking powder.

For use, mix 1/3 cup water with 2 cups mix.

For pancakes, add 1 egg and 1 1/2 cups of water to 2 cups mix.

 

[hootchi]

A gather up of the ingredients.

2 handfuls of the flour(self raising?)
1 handful of milk powder
approx half a handful of egg powder
spoonful of baking powder
enough water to bind it
brown sugar
1 mosquito
dried fruit
...and a drizzel of rum

I think the amounts are about right?

edit- im too slow for hoodoo

 

[Keith_Beef]

1 cup shortening

Wot am dat?

Keith.

 

[hootchi]

here it is
http://www.ochef.com/401.htm
I think we would use a knob of butter on this side of the pond.

 

[Keith_Beef]

here it is
http://www.ochef.com/401.htm
I think we would use a knob of butter on this side of the pond.

Ah, right.

Suet, then. Butter goes rancid too quickly in warm weather.
Atora vegetable suet lasts much better. I've had some in the kitchen cupboard for over two years, that was still perfectly good.


Keith.

 

[Ahjno]

Milk powder ...
Would that be the same stuff you put into your coffee??

I know you can get some pretty posh stuff overhere in sachets ... for an even more posh price - so using a handfull ...

Cheers,

 

[shelly]

When we have made it in the past we heat up some syrup and dip the bannock in that. We have experimented with adding different ingredients, such as blackcurrants, chopped nuts, onions etc, bannock can be pretty boring on it's own!