Episode 1: Ready, Willing and Abel

Matthew, Ross and Nick say goodbye to their farm and families to embark on an epic circumnavigation of Tasmania, charting the food and history of the Apple Isle. The only problem? They don’t know how to sail.

Matthew, Ross and Nick say goodbye to their farm and families to embark on an epic circumnavigation of Tasmania, charting the food and history of the Apple Isle. Armed with Australia’s first cookbook, the guys head north to explore Tasmania’s convict history, before going ashore to the spot where Abel Tasman planted the Prince of Orange’s flag and claimed Van Dieman’s Land for Holland.

 

Recipes

Chargrilled octopus with Asian slaw

Pot-roasted quail with whisky-wilted cabbage

Beef hutspot

Paprika octopus

Pickled octopus

Five-spice quail