Fire Roasted Crayfish Camp Recipe - from the Slow road's Guide to Camp Cooking

As featured in Outsiders Magazine, Kirianna Poole and her family hit the road in their Kombi, a 1962 Splitty called Izzie, craving the thrill of simplicity and connection. Along the way, Kirianna mastered the art of cooking on the road, always with a traditional fire at the center of it. Her book, The Slow Road Cookbook, is packed with all the delicious recipes she’s perfected during their travels and has become a hit with travellers of all ages.

Today, we're excited to share her mouth-watering recipe for Fire Roasted Crayfish – because, after all,

"There’s nothing like a beach fire after a day on the water, so this is one of my favourite ways to cook crayfish when they are super fresh. Whenever we come in with a good feed of crays, we light a fire straight away and cook a few on the beach. Simplicity is often where perfection is found"

Ingredients

200g of salted butter, softened
3 cloves of garlic, grated
A bunch of flat-leaf parsley leaves,
picked, and chopped
Juice and zest of a lemon
1-2 crayfish, halved

Method

Prepare garlic and herb butter by grating the garlic into the butter and mixing it with the parsley and lemon zest using a fork. Place butter mix onto baking paper and roll it into a small log. Fold the paper over and twist the ends like a toffee lolly wrapper. Leave it in the fridge to harden for at least 10 minutes.

While the butter is chilling, prepare your coals and place a grate where you’ll have medium-high heat – hot enough that you can only hold your hand 10cm above the cooking surface for 3 to 5 seconds.

Remove the butter from the fridge and cut it into half-inch knobs, then evenly place them over the flesh of the crayfish. Place the cray halves onto the grate, meat facing up, and cover with a metal bowl, tray or upside-down camp oven. If you don’t have any of these, use foil. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until the flesh is white and firm. Squeeze lemon juice over to finish. Enjoy!

Feeling inspired to give cooking over the fire a go? We have a range of Country locations, just perfect for campfire cooking.

Find more delish camping recipes here, including a few more from Kirianna!