Olive damper

Super Food Ideas food editor Kim Coverdale breathes new life into a damper by adding tasty olives.

Recipe «Olive damper» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 50 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 3 cups self-raising flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp caster sugar, 75g butter, chilled, cubed, 1 cup drained Green Valley Spanish black sliced olives , 1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano, 1/2 cup milk, assorted dips, to serve .

Ingredients:

• 3 cups self-raising flour 
• 1/2 tsp salt 
• 1 tsp caster sugar 
• 75g butter, chilled, cubed 
• 1 cup drained Green Valley Spanish black sliced olives 
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano 
• 1/2 cup milk 
• assorted dips, to serve 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a baking tray. Line with baking paper. Combine flour, salt and sugar in a bowl. Using your fingertips, rub butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in olives and oregano.
2. Add milk and 1/2 cup cold water to flour mixture. Stir until mixture forms a sticky dough, adding extra water if necessary. Turn dough onto a lightly-floured surface. Knead until just smooth. Shape dough into a 20cm round. Place round on prepared tray.
3. Using a sharp knife, score top of damper into 8 wedges. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until golden and hollow-sounding when tapped. Stand on tray for 5 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
4. Serve damper with assorted dips.