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Camp Recipe Book 

NO BAKE CHEESECAKE

Ingredients 

1 pkt scotch finger biscuits 

1 tin condensed milk

300g thickened cream

1/2 cup lemon juice

Method

- Spread biscuits on slice tray lined with baking paper

- Mix other ingredients together with metal fork until thickened 

- Pour ingredients over biscuits

- cover with cling wrap and set in fridge

- Cut in squares, keep in fridge or freezer.

CHEESY CORN FRITATAS

Ingredients 

3/4 cup SR flour 

2 eggs

 410 tin corn kernals

2 tbs chopped chives

1/2 cup milk

1 tbs butter melted

3/4 cup grated cheese

2 tsp olive oil

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Method

Whisk milk, eggs & butter

- Add flour, mix until batter is smooth

- Add corn, cheese, chives, season & mix.

- Heat oil in pan over medium heat, add spoonful of mixture in pan and cook 2 mins each side until golden and cooked through. 

CAMPFIRE DAMPER

Ingredients

2 cups SR flour

pinch salt 

3/4 cup water

1/4 cup powdered milk

30g butter - chopped

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Method

-Mix flour, powdered milk and salt in a large bowl

- Rub in butter with fingers

- Stir in enough water to make a soft dough

- Place on a lightly floured surface & kneed to form a smooth ball

- Grease foil - place dough inside, wrap, wrap again.

- Place in to hot coals & bake for 40 mins until dam[per sounds hollow when tapped. 

- to cook in camp oven, place damper on baking paper in pre heated camp oven. Use trivets - baking paper on top. Cook for apron 40 mins.

GRIDDLE SCONES

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups SR flour

180ml milk

extra flour 

1 tbs butter

pinch salt

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Method

-Sift flour & salt

- Rub butter in to flour 

- Make well and pour in milk

- Use knife blade to mix

- Flour bench. Place mixture on to bench

- Pat to shape, 1 1/2 inch thick 

- cut in to scones using a cup or glass

- sprinkle griddle with flour - bake scones on low until coked through. 

Or bake in camp oven

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CHILLI, CHEESE & BACON DAMPER

Ingredients 

3 cups SR flour 

1 cup milk

1 cup grated cheese

2 tbs sweet chilli sauce

2 tbs butter chopped

1 tbs mixed herbs

pinch salt

1 cup diced bacon

1 tbs minced garlic

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Method

- Combine flour & butter in a large bowl

- Rub until combined like breadcrumbs

- Mix remaining ingredients & kneed together until a dough is formed

- add flour or water as needed

- Place in to oiled camp oven

- Place hot coals o bottom and top of camp oven - not too many coals though

- bake apron 30 mins until golden

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LAMB SHANKS WITH BACON AND MUSHROOM

serves 6

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Ingredients 

18 small shallots 

6 lamb shanks

4 bacon rashers, rind removed, coarsely chopped 

2 celery sticks, thinly sliced

2 cups beef stock

3 fresh rosemary sprigs

1 tbs olive oil

200g button mushrooms, thickly sliced 

2 garlic cloves 

400g tin diced tomatoes

80g spinach leaves

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Method 

- cut base of each shallot, place in bowl of boiling water 5 mins, drain, peel, cut in half. 

- heat oil in large saucepan over med-high heat.

- cook lamb shanks until browned. Transfer to plate. 

- Add shallots, mushroom, bacon, celery and garlic to pan. Cook for 5 mins. 

- increase heat to high

- add stock, tomato, rosemary and bring to the boil. reduce heat to low. 

- return shanks to pan and cook for 1/12 hours. 

- transfer shanks to plate and cover.

- thicken sauce in pan/oven. 

- add spinach until wilted

- Return lamb - heat.

- Serve with roasted pumpkin 

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ROCKY ROAD 

Ingredients 

- use the quantities you like 

Marshmellows

jelly babies

toasted peanuts

toasted coconut

rice bubbles

chocolate

1 tsp oil - add to melted chocolate

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Method

- chop all ingredients 

- Melt chocolate and add  oil

- Add and mix ingredients 

- Transfer to a tray lined with baking paper

- set in fridge

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CARAMEL SLICE 

Ingredients 

1 pkt sweet biscuits

60g butter 

tin caramel

macadamias - crushed

1 pkt cooking Chocolate - 1 tsp oil

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Method

- Crush biscuits

- Melt butter

- Add melted butter

- Press in to tray

- Set in fridge until cooled & firm

- Spread caramel on top and set 

- Top with melted chocolate combined with oil

- Top with crushed macadamias and set in fridge covered with glad wrap or lid

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CHEESECAKE

Ingredients

180g sweet biscuits crushed

90g  butter - melted

227g pkt cream cheese

1 tin condensed milk

1/3 cup lemon juice

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Method

- Crush biscuits

- Melt butter

- Combine butter & biscuits, press in to tray

- Refrigerate 

- Beat cream cheese until soft

- Beat in 1 can of condensed milk

- Add 1/3 cup lemon juice & mix well

- Pour on top of biscuit mixture, cover with glad wrap & set until firm. 

- Decorate with berries or banana & passionfruit. 

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COCONUT ICE

Ingredients 

5 cups icing sugar 

1 egg white

400g tin condensed milk

3 cups desiccated coconut

Pink food colouring 

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Method 

- combine icing sugar, 1 Beaton egg white, condensed milk & coconut.

- Divide in to 2

- Add food dye to 1 batch

- Layer trays and set in fridge

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