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BILLY CAN PUDDING from AUSTRALIA

In the Australian bush in the 19th century people had to improvise. The Billy Can is a tin, with handles, usually used to carry water.

1 1/2 cups of raisins
1/2 cup of sultanas and raisins
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon of mixed spice and cinnamon
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda

Combine all ingredients. Mix well with 500 mls of boiling tea. Empty into a greased and floured billy can. Cover, amd let it stand overnight. Steam for 3 1/2 hours.

COLONIAL ‘GOOSE’ from AUSTRALIA

1 leg of lamb
75 g fresh breadcrumbs
75 g chopped bacon
8 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon finely chopped parsley
1 teaspoon mixed herbs
Punch nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon lemon rind
Salt and pepper
1 beaten egg
Milk

Make an incision in fleshy part of leg. Mix all ingredients well. Stuff the lamb and tie up with string. Roast 15-20 minutes per half kg.

CHRISTMAS DAMPER from AUSTRALIA

2 cups of SR flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 cups milk or water (enough to make a medium or soft dough)
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda

Rub the butter into the flour. Knead. Mould into a Christmassy shape – a wreath, or a star. Bake in hot oven (or in ashes if you are cooking it in a fire). Cook for 20 minutes until brown. Serve with butter and jam, honey or golden syrup.

DROVER’S PLUMB PUDDING from AUSTRALIA

250 g rice
Sweetened water
Sugar
125 g raisins or sultanas
A handful of nuts

Put rice in saucepan of boiling, sweetened water and simmer until no water is left. Add remaining ingredients. Sweeten to taste.

WHITE CHRISTMAS from AUSTRALIA

3 cups rice bubbles (Rice Krispies)
1 cup mixed fruit
1 cup dessicated coconut
1 cup dry powdered milk
3/4 cup of sifted icing
sugar
225 grams colpha
vanilla essence

1. Put 3 cups of rice bubbles, 1 cup of mixed fruit, dessicated coconut, dry powdered milk and 3/4 sifted icing sugar in a bowl.

2. Melt 225 grams copha in saucepan. Add copha to dry ingredients in bowl – mix well.

3. Press mixture firmly into a biscuit tray. Set in a refrigerator. Cut into squares.

FOR MORE TRADITIONAL AUSSIE RECIPES, GO TO www.aussiecooking.com

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