Damper with Bush Tomato Butter
Rustic soda bread served with savoury butter flavoured by native bush tomato.
Estimated nutrition per serving
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What you need
- 250 self-raising flour
- 0.5 fine salt
- 60 butter, divided
- 150 milk
- 8 bush tomato, crushed
- 5 parsley, chopped
Step-by-step method
Follow the recipe in order, tasting and adjusting seasoning where needed.
- 1. Rub butter into self-raising flour and salt.
- 2. Add milk and mix into a soft dough.
- 3. Shape into a round and score the top.
- 4. Bake until golden and hollow-sounding.
- 5. Mix softened butter with bush tomato and serve with warm slices.
Tips, storage and serving advice
What to drink with Damper with Bush Tomato Butter
These are wine-style pairings, so you can choose any bottle in that style rather than needing one exact producer. Look for the grape, region or style name on the label.Pairings are chosen around the dish’s flavour, texture, richness, acidity and cooking style, not just the country it comes from.
Chardonnay
- Flavour bridge: red fruit, herbs and savoury spice echo tomato-led flavours
- Acidity: High enough acidity to stay vivid beside tomato
- Body: Medium body fits the dish's concentration
- Tannin: Moderate tannin avoids becoming hard beside acidity
- Sweetness: Dry profile keeps tomato flavours focused
- Best for: Dinner, entertaining or recipe pairing
Sangiovese
- Flavour bridge: red fruit, herbs and savoury spice echo tomato-led flavours
- Acidity: High enough acidity to stay vivid beside tomato
- Body: Medium body fits the dish's concentration
- Tannin: Moderate tannin avoids becoming hard beside acidity
- Sweetness: Dry profile keeps tomato flavours focused
- Best for: Dinner, entertaining or recipe pairing
Barbera
- Flavour bridge: red fruit, herbs and savoury spice echo tomato-led flavours
- Acidity: High enough acidity to stay vivid beside tomato
- Body: Medium body fits the dish's concentration
- Tannin: Moderate tannin avoids becoming hard beside acidity
- Sweetness: Dry profile keeps tomato flavours focused
- Best for: Dinner, entertaining or recipe pairing
Specific wines to try
These are named bottles or regional wine examples already linked to this recipe. Each card opens the relevant wine-style guide because individual bottle pages are not currently published.Australian Chardonnay
Suggested pairing for Damper with Bush Tomato Butter: Australian Chardonnay works with the dish structure and dominant flavo…
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Australian Semillon Sauvignon Blanc is credible here because it represents the matched Sauvignon Blanc style. Sauvignon Blan…
Explore this wine styleAustralian Sparkling Brut
Australian Sparkling Brut is credible here because it represents the matched Champagne / Traditional Method Brut style. High…
Explore this wine styleChianti Classico – Rocca delle Macìe
Chianti Classico – Rocca delle Macìe is credible here because it represents the matched Chianti / Sangiovese style. Chianti…
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