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Australia · Oceania

Damper

A soda-leavened bush bread with no yeast at all, mixed quickly and buried in the coals of a campfire — rustic and dense by design, meant to be baked without an oven.

Method
Coal / Camp-Fire
Hydration
60%
water to flour
Glycemic index
68
Medium GI
Energy
280 kcal
per 100 g

Sensory profile

sourness
1
sweetness
2
crispiness
5
chewiness
4
aroma
5
moistness
5

Scale 0–10

Nutrition

per 100 g
Energy280 kcal
Protein7.5 g
Carbohydrates54 g
of which sugars1.5 g
Fat3.8 g
Fiber2 g
Sodium430 mg

Typical values; recipes vary.

Texture

  • Rustic crumbly crust
  • Dense crumb

Typical ingredients

  • Wheat Flour
  • Milk
  • Salt
  • Fat / Butter

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