Category: Culinary Traditions

  • The Ever Elusive “Egg Batter Dough”

    What is a Batter? What is a Dough? And, what is an Egg Batter Dough? Batter and Dough seem to be mutually exclusive, a batter is liquid and pourable, whilst a dough is malleable, and usually holds its own shape. There are exceptions, such as high hydration doughs, but in essence this is the delineation.…

  • The “Humble” Chiko Roll.

    In my ongoing research I keep moving forward, or at least try to. Recently I’ve been reviewing my notes on producing an Egg Batter Dough, going back to basics, and looking at what is a batter and what is a dough. Essentially they fall on either side of a continuum of similar products. Chief differences relate…

  • Culinary Traditions underpinning the development of Australia’s Chiko Roll

    The Chiko Roll is an iconic Australian fast food item. Essentially it is a savoury pastry roll filled with a meat-vegetable-cereal filling and deep fried. Here we examine the history behind the Chiko Roll and explore the culinary traditions that underpin it development and creation. History There are many sites on the web redistributing various…

  • The Search Goes On – Egg Batter Dough for Chiko Roll & Corn Jacks

    I’ve previously approached this topic, reporting my trials into finding the secret to the ever elusive method of making the dough wrapper for that well known, loved and maligned, Australian deep fried snack, the Chiko Roll. Much of the history and preparation info is summarized at Cooks Info which is a little more sensible and tempered than some…