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Gluten Free shortcrust Pastry

Gluten Free shortcrust Pastry

We’ve tried various shortcrust pastry recipes over the years with varying degrees of success. This has to be the best so far.

The flour mix makes 1kg, so you won’t need all of it unless you are cooking of 20 folk. But it will keep well in a sealed box.

Gluten Free Flour Mix:-

Ingredients:-

700g of White Rice Flour
200g of Potato Flour
100g of Tapioca Flour

Method:-

(1) Mix everything together.
(2) Store what you don’t need in an air tight box.

Pastry Mix

Ingredients:-

225g of Gluten free Flour Mix (See above)
A pinch of Baking Powder (Gluten free)
1 Tsp of Xanthan Gum
2 Pinches of Salt
110g of Margarine
1 Medium Egg, beaten
Cold Water

Method:-

(1) In a large bowl add the Flour mix, Baking Powder, Xanthan Gum and Salt.
(2) Rub in the Margarine until it resembles breadcrumbs.
(3) Stir in the Egg.
Add the Water a little at a time and knead thoroughly until soft.
(4) Roll out and use.

 

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Charred Tomatillo Salsa

“T” in our Vegetarian Alphabet had an unusual ingredient thanks to an avid gardener friend – Tomatillos. This is a reasonably traditional Mexican Salsa recipe which we slightly tweaked to suit the ingredients we had available.

Ingredients:-

10 Tomatillos
1 Small white Onion, quartered
3 Dried Birds Eye chilles, soaked,
4 Garlic Cloves,
1 Tbsp of Olive Oil
1/2 Tsp Himalayan salt
Chopped fresh Coriander leaves 
3 Tbsp of Sour Cream
2 Tsp of dried Oregano
Juice of 1 Lime

Method:-

(1) Roast the Tomatillos, Onion and Garlic in a little Olive Oil until charred slightly.
(2) Allow to cool.
(3) Add and the ingredients to a food processor excluding the Sour Cream and Lime.
(4) Pulse a few times to reduce and combine.
(5) Add the Sour Cream and Lime Juice and pulse again.

This would be great with Potato wedges or Tortilla chips and has a real fresh zing to it.

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