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Gluten Free Pie Crust
I have been experimenting with gluten free pie crust / short crust recipes. The experiments have been quite demoralising as none of the recipes have produced a nice, short pastry. This recipe delivers. I have used it for pecan pie and for mince pies. I have doubled it without any worries. Two words of caution,…
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Gluten free lemon poppyseed muffins
This recipe makes 12 regular sized muffins, or 6 giant ones. DRY INGREDIENTS 1 and 2/3 cups whole oats heaped 1/2 cup corn starch 1 teaspoon xanthan gum 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup white sugar 1/4 cup poppy seeds WET INGREDIENTS 2 eggs 1 cup lemon flavoured…
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Carrot pudding
Here’s a recipe from Mrs Beeton from 1859 or so. It’s delicious. 1/2 lb. of bread crumbs (gluten free alt: mix of oats and corn flakes) 4 oz. of suet (or butter) 3/4 lb. carrot 1/4 lb. raisins 1/4 lb. currants 3 oz. sugar 3 eggs milk 1 tsp ground nutmeg Boil the carrots in…
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Porridge Scones
Porridge is another name for cooked oatmeal. It’s easy to make, cheap, and is not too bad for nutrition. So, what do you do with all the leftover porridge? Here’s one answer, and it’s two recipes for the price of one! OVERNIGHT SLOW COOKER PORRIDGE Add oats to water at a 1:4 ratio, that is…
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Ice cream
Recently I saw one of the kids at my son’s school eating an ice cream bar. Well, it was called an “ice cream bar”. Then I looked at the ingredients. nonfat milk and milkfat water sugar corn syrup whey citric acid stabiliser (mono & diglycerides, guar gum, polysorbate 80, xanthan gum and and carob bean…
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Sodium citrate
Is a moderately expensive substance to buy. But why would you buy some anyway? Because you can turn any cheese into melty cheese. How’d you like a slab of “processed cheese” that melts just like those cheese slices, but it’s made from an actual cheese? Sodium citrate does it. It’s also used in molecular gastronomy,…
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Chai
Chai is a spiced tea blend from India. The correct name for chai is… chai. Saying chai tea latte is saying “tea tea latte”. So stop calling it chai tea, it sounds silly 😉 0.5″/1cm piece of cinnamon bark 9 whole cloves 6 black peppercorns 5 cardamom pods, lightly crushed half whole star anise 0.25…
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Pilau Rice
Pilau rice is one of the base dishes for any curry. But here I need to draw a line between restaurant style pilau rice, and traditional pilau rice. Restaurant style is a lot quicker – and cheaper – to make. This recipe makes 4 to 5 portions to serve with a nice curry, or a…
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Gluten free blueberry muffins
When you have a load of nice local blueberries, one feels obligated to bake with them. DRY INGREDIENTS 2 cups gluten free flour (recommended: buckwheat, but use whatever you have on hand) 1 tsp xanthan gum (omit if your GF flour blend contains it already) 1 cup fresh, frozen or canned blueberries 1/3 cup granulated…
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Gluten free flour blends
One of the frustrations with gluten free baking is that you suddenly have to deal with multiple different flour blends depending on what you are making. They usually involve ingredients that can be hard to come by or that are expensive. And let’s not get into how much more expensive the GF flour blends are…