Simple Recipes Perfect For Glamping
Glamping is the perfect opportunity to indulge in some campfire cooking. We’re all familiar with barbecues and we may have barbecued on an open fire; Lots of people shy away from cooking a whole meal on an open fire but there’s no reason why you can’t make some inventive, tasty meals on an open fire – you can treat it like a hob and boil vegetables or pasta in a sturdy pot, use it as a char grill and even stick a frying pan on the fire for a cooked breakfast, making pancakes or even quesadillas.
Quesadillas are a great lunch food, quick, easy and with very little cooking required. You’ll need two tortilla wraps for each person, plus grated cheese and whichever veggies or other ingredients you like. Start out by heating the frying pan up without any oil. Place a wrap in the pan and top with grated cheese and your other ingredients (top tip: chop the fillings finely, so they heat quickly and melt into the cheese), then lay another tortilla on top. After a couple of minutes turn the quesadilla over to toast the other side. When both sides are lightly crunchy and the cheese has melted you’re ready to eat. These delicious treats can be eaten by hand, which also saves some washing up!
Baked potatoes are a classic campfire food and are often made on Bonfire night by wrapping potatoes in foil and leaving them in the embers of the fire to cook. A double layer of foil is recommended, so that the ash from the fire doesn’t get inside and taint the spuds. Depending on the size of your potatoes and the heat of your fire they should take between 40 minutes and 2 hours – you can speed this up by parboiling the potatoes before you wrap them in foil and place them around the outside of the fire.
Foil is your friend when it comes to campfire cooking. The classic campfire banana dessert is a winner with all ages – slice the banana lengthways and stuff pieces of chocolate and marshmallows inside it. Wrap the banana (it’s a good idea to leave the peel on while cooking as it helps protect the banana flesh) in foil and lay them on the grill or around the edge of the fire for 10 minutes. Peel off the foil and you’ll find a gooey, delicious dessert waiting for you.
Baked apples are also fantastic for campfire cooking, especially in the autumn when the apple harvest is at its peak. Score the skin around the middle of the apple to prevent the skin bursting in the heat, core the apples and fill the void with berries, chocolate or whatever takes your fancy, then wrap each apple in a double layer of foil and place them around the edge of the campfire. They should cook in 20 minutes, but do turn them every 5 minutes to ensure an even cook.
If you want to try something on the adventurous side, campfire damper bread is a fun recipe to make. You can use any basic bread recipe, or for convenience use a pre-made bread mix where you only need to add water and some fat. The dough doesn’t need proving; instead it is wrapped around a stick and baked over the fire in around 10 minutes. You can get creative with the bread flavour by using different bread mixes or adding olive, sundried tomatoes or even dried fruit to the mix to make it a sweet version for a dessert.
