Mikey’s Melbourne Crab Damper

Name: Mikey’s Melbourne Crab Damper
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: ½ teaspoons paprika; 1 small can green chilies, mild or hot; 1 teaspoons garlic salt; ¼ teaspoon pepper; 1 cup yellow corn meal; ¼ cup melted butter; 2 cups crab meat, cooked (Dungeness or other local favorite); 4 eggs, beaten; 1 cup cubed Emmenthaler cheese; 1 cup cream; 3 cups buttermilk

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Guide to Grilling

By Rick Browne

Published 2011

About

A fine chap, who often says “some bread and a piece of cheese would do fine” when asked what he wants for a meal, but is a Tasmanian devil in the kitchen whipping up “down under” culinary wonders.

Ingredients

3 cups buttermilk
1 cup cream
½ teaspoons

Oceania
Australia
Melbourne
Starter
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Combine buttermilk, cream, paprika, salt, pepper in a medium size saucepan. Heat on medium heat until just warm and well mixed, then add corn meal, stirring constantly until smooth and heated through. Reduce heat to low.

Add melted butter, crabmeat, beaten eggs, green chilies, and cheese, stirring over low heat for 3 minutes. Pour the batter into a large greased cast iron pot. As bread