Hi ive tried cooking damper in my oven at home for the last month,ive made 7 so far and though ive tried 3 different ways none rise ,some are nice tasting and the worst was the most recommended way with a can of beer,i could of used it to hammer tent pegs in,lol,,so far ive tried.
1,plain flour, pinch of salt ,can of beer fail but useful as a doorstop or hammer.
2, plain flour, pinch of salt, water and yeast,fail not very nice;
3, self raising flour, pinch of salt,water,these ones are nice to eat but dense like all the others.
4, self raising flour,pinch of salt,water and big pinch of bicarb,nice to eat not quite as dense.
The trouble is they are all the same size coming out of the oven as the lump that went in,
I just put all ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir together with wooden spoon, and pull out onto tray with spatula,
where am i going wrong? do i need to sift flour maybe?or do i need to pull out of bowl and flour outside whilest kneeding dough? or am i missing something?
look forward to any help ,
cheers Nick