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Xanthan Gum

Xanthan Gum

So the “Ingredients Alphabet” gig gets a bit tricky with “X” but we have a friend in the cupboard as anything with Gluten is well and truly off the menu here. Xanthan Gum has a cool ability of stop Gluten Free pasty falling apart, it works reasonably well in replacing the elastic properties of Gluten.

So Sue’s Pastry recipe goes a bit like this:-

Ingredients:-

200g Plain Gluten free flour
110g Butter
1 tsp Xanthan Gum
1 Egg beaten with 1 tsp of Milk
Salt

Method:-

(1) Mix all the ingredients as you would with normal pastry.
(2) On a floured board roll your Pastry out.
(3) Press Pastry into your pie tins to form a base and walls.
(4) Add your filling.
(5) Form a lid and stick down with Egg wash if required.
(6) Pop it in the oven at 180c until the filling is piping hot and the Pastry has browned.

Pie, regardless of the filling, needs proper Chips and Beans…...
 

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Pork Indad recipe

I butchered a Pork leg which was on special a while ago so we’ve quite a bit of diced Pork in the freezer. So Indian Pork recipes? They’re not actually very common as Pork is not traditional in India. But were there’s a will etc. Sue found a recipe to modify!

Ingredients:-

500g of Pork, cubed
1 Cinnamon Stick
2 Cloves
1 Sprig of Mint Leaves
1 Tsp of White Wine Vinegar
2 Tsp of Castor Sugar
2 Potatoes, peeled and cubed
Melted Butter / Margarine or Oil, to fry
Salt to season

Masala Ingredients:-

1 Tbsp of Cumin Seeds
2 Red Chillies
10 Peppercorns
1 Tsp of Turmeric
3 Cloves of Garlic,minced
1 Tsp of Tamarind paste
2 Onions, chopped
Fresh Coriander to garnish

Method:-

(1) Boil the Pork in a pan until all the water has evaporated.
(2) Heat Oil or Margarine in a large frying pan on a medium heat and fry the Pork until browned on all sides.
(3) Add the Potatoes and stir in.
(4) Grind the Masala ingredients and add these to the Pork.
(5) Cook over a low heat adding a little water to loosen the sauce.
(6) Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
(7) Add the Cinnamon, Cloves, Milt Leave, Vinegar, Sugar and season with Salt.
(8) Continue to simmer until the Pork is tender.
(9) Remove the Cinnamon stick and serve garnished with fresh chopped Coriander.

We served our over mixed Wild Rice with Panpolay / Near Dos, I’ll type the recipe for those shortly….

 

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