Sunday, July 25, 2010

Nanny Gae's Golden Syrup Dumplings





This is a tasty dessert that really warms you up and is really simple and tastes great!
I normally have it with an Irish Coffee.


GOLDEN SYRUP DUMPLINGS


Dumpling Dough

1 cup SR Flour

1 Tablespoon Margarine

1 egg

1/4 cup of milk

Rub Margarine into flour, beat egg with a little milk and add to flour to form into a dough.

Divide into small balls and drop into the following boiling mixture and boil for 20 minutes

Syrup

Combine 1-1/2 cups water, ½ cup sugar, 1 tablespoon margarine and 1 tablespoon golden syrup

Slow boil.

Remember to keep the lid on and NO peeking, add some thick cream, Enjoy!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

JAMES TWO WAVES

Two Waves from shippies last week.
Look for the P.O.V shots from this session in the next issue of Tracks.
Footage by Andy Chisholm

South Coast

One week of big swell and offshore winds.
Stuart Gibson, Marty Paradisis, Andy Chiz and I got to surf
some places that rarely light up.

Click on any of the shots to enlarge....

All photos below Andy Chisholm


All Photos below by Ben Newman































Friday, June 11, 2010

Searching westcoast Tasmania and special corncakes










sarah haswon


2 corn cobs


3/4 cup butter milk



2 egg beaten



1/2 cup ricotta



1 cup self raising flour



chopped chives



half dozen cherry tomatoes



2 tbs of pesto



hand full of fresh basil leaves



half roughly chopped zucchini



three fine slices of smoked salmon


preheat grill to high

cut down the sides of the corn cobs, set aside.

Beat together buttermilk, eggs, ricotta, flour, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl, then add corn and chives.



Heat a large fry pan on a medium heat, then pour batter in blobs making two cakes side by side at a times cook 2-3 minutes each side or till golden brown. you should get about 8 corn cakes from the whole batter.



Meanwhile place the tomatoes and zucchini on a baking tray and season with pepper and salt, then grill for about 6 minutes or until the tomatoes start to split. Arrange the corn cakes on the plate, rip up the smoked salmon with your fingers into small pieces, now lay the salmon, zucchini and tomatoes over the cakes. lastly drizzle the pesto over the top and enjoy.















sarah hawson













sarah hawson













sarah hawson









stuart gibson

Thursday, May 27, 2010

THE HANGOVER GONE, SURFING BAGUS!!

ALLTIME HANGOVER CURE





























1 cup fresh mint leaves

1 cup cilantro leaves

2 cloves garlic

1/4 cup onion, chopped

salt,to taste

1/4 cup raw mango, pitted and sliced

2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice

1/2 cup plain yogurt

Blend all ingredients in a blender. I used only half of the above measurements for two people.

Lamb chops grilled

8 lamb chops

3 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce

1 tablespoon each of Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, veg.oil and chopped rosemary.
Freshly ground black pepper half tsp or more to taste

Thyme 2 tsp.chopped ( I used a tsp. of dried thyme) – optional

Salt and pepper to taste

Method

Combine soysauce, mustard, Wostershire sauce, veg. oil, pepper, rosemary, thyme into a ziplock bag. Add the lamb. After squeezing the air out, seal the bag and turn to coat the lamb with the marinade. Refrigerate for 30 min.

Preheat the Grill, Remove the chops from the marinade. Brush off excess marinade off the bones or else it burns under the griller, Season the chops with salt and pepper.

4 min on each side for medium , and about 6-7 min for well done. Remove and cool for a few min and then plate. If desired, you can pan fry the chops before putting under the grill.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Storm Surfers World Premiere


BTW not sure if you know this yet but Storm Surfers has its World Premiere screening at 8.30pm on Wednesday July 14th so better book the rest of the lads in for a viewing party.We’re also doing a cinema launch here in Sydney on July 1st at 6.30pm if anyone happens to be in town.





Tyler and myself praising Lord Shipstern.