Friday, 5 September 2008

Man Flu requires emergency recipe

Hubby is home with Man Flu. To cheer him up (actually to dull my senses), I felt the time was right for some stodgey, Aussie dessert-food.

Golden Syrup Dumplings anyone? Pile on cream, custard, and extra sauce, and enjoy..... Mmm.


120g self-raising flour
a pinch of salt
30g butter
1 egg
3 tablespoons or more) golden syrup
90g sugar
A little Milk (like you are making a cup of tea)

Sift flour and salt, rub in butter and mix to a soft dough with the egg and a little milk.

Roll into small balls.

Boil one cup water, golden syrup, sugar and one tablespoon butter together.

When boiling add balls.

Cover with lid and boil gently for 20 minutes.

Serve immediately.

j

9 comments:

m1k1 said...

What a domestic goddess you are! I promised my two who share a birthday, a rice pudding for dessert and they still haven't got it (2 weeks ago). bad mummy.

Jodie said...

Oh Jess, years ago that was my all time best ever desert. I had completely forgotten about it. YUM!!!!

Georgie said...

Woah, childhood flashbacks! We are *so* having those for dessert tomorrow night. thanks for reminding me!

Bells said...

Yummo. You're on the ball with the good food at the moment Jess.

Man Flu. Snigger. :-)

CurlyPops said...

I love golden syrup dumplings...it's one of my all time faves!

Michelle said...

O gosh - they look delicious, must try for myself. All for myself!!

Liesl said...

Oooh - I had forgotten about these treasures. Haven't had them for year. Yummy!

My mum used to make a fabulous variation, using mandarins of all things. They were fabulous too.

Ali said...

Oh my goodness Jess! thanks so much for this recipe! These are sure to make my sick household feel better in no time! mmmmm!

Denise said...

Oh yum, those are a family favourite here too - we call them Golding Dumples!