Carrot Herb and Cheese Damper

This is a modern version of the damper cooked in a normal oven. It is a wonderful quick bread that is very easy to make and appropriate to use as a compliment to a soup or on its own.

Ingredients serve 8

510 g self raising flour

½ tsp salt

½ tsp white pepper

3 tbls grated butter (60g)

2 grated carrots (150g)

1 finely chopped onion (105g)

½ cup grated cheddar cheese (60g)

2 tbls chopped fresh herbs (8g)

¾ cup milk (190g)

Method

Preheat oven to 190°C. Place flour, salt and pepper in a bowl and blend. Add butter and rub into the flour.  Add carrot, onion, cheese, herbs and milk. Mix with your hand until dough forms and shape into a round ball. Place on a baking tray dusted with flour and cut the damper into 8 pieces with a sharp knife. Dust the top of the damper with flour and bake in the oven for approx. 30 minutes.

Note: Damper was by tradition made in a covered cast iron pot with a lid and covered in hot wood coals or placed in a hole in the ground and surrounded with hot wood coals.