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e. Australian cuisine is the food and cooking practices of Australia and its inhabitants. Australia has absorbed culinary contributions and adaptations from various cultures around the world, including British, European, Asian and Middle Eastern.
Avocado toast. Common breakfast/brunch dish consisting of avocado on toast, often sourdough. It can be served mashed (‘smashed avo’) or sliced with a variety of additions; commonly including poached eggs, feta (often goat's), lemon, lime, tomato, pepitas etc. It is a common dish in cafes but also prepared at home.
Bush tucker, also called bush food, is any food native to Australia and historically eaten by Indigenous Australians, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but it can also describe any native flora, fauna, or fungi used for culinary or medicinal purposes, regardless of the continent or culture. Animal native foods include kangaroo ...
Vegemite. Vegemite (/ ˈvɛdʒimaɪt / VEJ-ee-myte) [1][2] is a thick, dark brown [3] Australian food spread made from leftover brewers' yeast extract with various vegetable and spice additives. It was developed by Cyril Callister in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1922, and it was first sold in stores on 25 October 1923.
Australian culture is of primarily Western origins. British culture has historically had an outsized influence on Australian culture and society. Australia's unique geography and the contributions of its Indigenous population (Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders) and immigrants (especially during the gold rushes of the 1850s and the postwar immigration drive) have also ...
Australian herbs and spices are generally dried and ground to produce a powdered or flaked spice, either used as a single ingredient or in blends. They were used to a limited extent by colonists in the 18th and 19th centuries. Some extracts were used as flavouring during the 20th century.
In Australia and New Zealand, a meat pie is a hand-sized pie containing diced or minced meat and gravy, sometimes with onion, mushrooms or cheese and is often consumed as a takeaway food snack. This variant of the standard meat pie is considered iconic. [1] It was described by New South Wales Premier Bob Carr in 2003 as Australia's "national ...
Damper is a thick home-made bread traditionally prepared by early European settlers in Australia. [1] It is a bread made from wheat -based dough. Flour, salt and water, [2] with some butter if available, is lightly kneaded and baked in the coals of a campfire, either directly or within a camp oven. [3]