Dreamtime Sail - Our Galley

Ingredients 500 gr squid, cleaned, slice into 2 cm length 5 pc shallots, finely sliced (optional) Marinade 2 gloves garlic, finely chopped 2 cm fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped 1 large red chilli, finely sliced or 3 dried kept whole  juice of 1/2 lime or lemon 2 pc kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced 3 tbs Indonesian sweet soya sauce / Kecap Manis 1/4 tsp salt 1 tbs Honey 1 tsp oyster sauce 1/4 tsp squid sauce pepper (to taste) 30 ml vegetable oil Crushed nuts I used cashews  Vegetables Use whatever you have there is no set recipe here you don’t need to add vegetables if you don’t want them. I used broccoli and asparagus cut into small bit size pieces. When cooking the rice add your steaming basket to the top for the last 5 minutes of cooking time. Let’s get Cooking  Prepare squid by cleaning and then slicing open and scoring the inside flesh with a sharp knife in a crisscross design. Grind the ingredients for the marinade in a mortar. Rub the squid with marinating paste, put asid

  An Easy Focaccia Bread, is delicious alternative to bread, a pizza type dough topped with olive oil, salt and fresh rosemary then baked to perfection.   Ingredients  FOR THE DOUGH 1/2 tsp honey 330 ml water (lukewarm) 6 grams of yeast 500 grams of bread flour  1 tsp salt 1 tbs olive oil FOR THE TOPPING 1 tbs coarse salt 2-3 tbs olive oil 2 sprigs fresh rosemary (leaves removed) or any mix of Italian dried herbs. Optional you can also add olives, sun dried tomatoes or and extras you may desire  Let’s get Cooking  In a small bowl add the honey and warm water (stir to combine) then sprinkle the yeast on top. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes and then stir to combine. In a large bowl whisk together the flour and salt, make a well in the middle and add the yeast mixture and the olive oil, mix until almost combined then move to a lightly floured flat surface and knead until dough becomes smooth and elastic, form it into a ball. Place the dough in a lightly olive oiled bowl (and swirl the d

  If you love bread and are planning on sailing (even costal) one skill you may want to learn is how to make bread. It is not always easy to just pop down to the corn store and buy fresh baked bread whilst cruising. Sure you can always freeze bread but there is nothing quite like fresh bread straight from the oven. Bread making doesn’t have to be complicated, there are plenty of recipes out there and even if you’ve never made homemade bread or worked with yeast before, this homemade crusty  artisan bread  is for you.  It’s the perfect beginner recipe and to use onboard because it only requires 4 ingredients without any special pans or mixer, there’s no kneading or complicated shaping involved, and 95% of the work is hands-off. Bread masters will appreciate this recipe too because it delivers with delicious flavour, a slightly crisp and mega chewy crust, and those signature soft holes inside like ciabatta or French bread. Ingredients 3 and 1/4 cups (about 430g)  bread flour  (plus more