gluten free cooking and baking

[Animal Lover]

Thanks for the Link Hawthorne. I have forwarded it to my DD who is not only celiac but also has lots of allergies too. I hope this will help her food taste better. I have practiced with different recipes without too much happy success. AL

[Mama Ten Bears]

The Betty Crocker mixes are pretty good. I like Namaste mixes too. And, Bob's Red Mill mixes are really good. I try to bake from scratch using rice flour, sorghum flour or a flour mix. But having a mix on hand can be a big help for emergencies.

[Mama Ten Bears]

Pie Crust (Bob's Red Mill Recipe)

Note: double this recipe for a covered pie. I use this crust to make pot pies as well as fruit pies. Yummy.

1 1/2 cup GF All Purpose Baking Flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine (I use ghee)
4-6 tbsp cold rice milk

Combine flour and salt, then cut butter in using a pastry blender or your hands until mixture resembles course meal.

Add milk 1 tbsp at a time until all ingredients are moist. Roll out pie crust as usual.

To bake the crust alone - bake at 400 for 15 to 20 minutes

To bake pie crust with filling - bake at 400 for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 and bake for an additional 40 minutes.

[Mama Ten Bears]

Swedish Meatballs

1 small onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 lb ground meat (I use only beef, but you can use your preferred blend)
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp cracked pepper
3/4 cup beef broth
1 egg, lightly beaten

Saute onions in 1 tbsp olive oil. Remove from pan and set aside to cool.

In a large bowl, combine spices, then add ground meat and mix together with your hands. Add beaten egg and cooked onion, then mix the meat with your hands.

Shape into meatballs.

Heat oil in skillet on medium heat. Cook meatballs until done, about 3 minutes per side. Remove meatballs and set aside.

Add broth to skillet and simmer until liquicde is reduced by half, about 5 minutes.

Return meatballs to skillet and simmer in broth for one minute more.


Variation:

Add flavoring to broth when reducing. I like raspberry chipotle bottled marinade. Ikea uses lignonberry preserves. You could use tomato paste.


Put meatball mixture into a loaf pan for a meatloaf. Top with the reduced broth mixture. I haven't tried this so YMMV.

[hunybee]

thank you so much for all of these everyone! please keep them coming


many of these confirm what i had suspected about my substitutions and additions to old recipes and making them work for gluten free. now i know they will work without the experimentation. this has saved me time, and more importantly, money!

[Mama Ten Bears]

thank you so much for all of these everyone! please keep them coming


many of these confirm what i had suspected about my substitutions and additions to old recipes and making them work for gluten free. now i know they will work without the experimentation. this has saved me time, and more importantly, money!

In stew and casserole recipes, you can simple substitute rice flour for the regular flour without using xanthan gum, or sometimes just leave it out altogether.

[hunybee]

this thread is so good, it was suggested i stick it










so i stuck it