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Better Gluten Free Batter

Better Gluten Free Batter recipe, eat will on universal credit

We’re always experimenting, that just how we are! We’ve found two issues with the various GF Batters. If you use Egg as a binder, it sticks, but it’s very heavy. If you use just Cornflour etc. there’s no protein to ‘Fix’ the batter as it hits the hot Oil. As a result you end up with lots of particulates in the Oil. These burn the next time you fry and ruin the Oil.

I think we’re found a fix!

These measures made enough better for 2 Cod Loin fillets and 6 Garlic button Mushrooms. But as long as you scale 1 / 5 - Gram Flour / Cornflour it should work.

Ingredients:-

1 Tbsp of Gram Flour
5 Tbsps of Cornflour
Salt & fresh ground Black Pepper to season
2 Tsps of Baking Powder
2 Tsps of Turmeric
Soda Water

Additional Cornflour to dredge

Method:-

(1) Add the dredging Cornflour to a bowl.
(2) Set your fryer to 160c and allow to heat up.
(3) Mix the main batter ingredients dry.
(4) Add enough Soda Water to make a batter which will stick.
(5) Dredge to items you intend to Batter in the Cornflour.
(6) Fry until floating and golden brown in batches.
(7) remove each batch to drain.
(8) Re-dunk to re-heat just before serving.

The excess batter formed Scraps and floated making preserving your Oil much easier. Although this seems a low frying temperature the protein in the Gram Flour will burn at 180c and the batter will be dark and slightly bitter. But both the Fish & the Mushrooms held their moisure and the Garlic Butter stayed in the batter. Also the few Battered Mushrooms left this morning would easily have refreshed with another brief frying - Bonus!

 

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Steamed Hake with Chorizo & Olives recipe, eat well on universal credit

This whole Hake should have been £17.01 which we simply could not justify. But at £6.81 with a yellow sticker - When we got 4 servings out of it, it was a reasonably priced treat. But not the easiest or prettiest Fish the fillet…..

Ingredients:-

2 Hake fillets, pin boned. Skin on or off as you choose
2 Red Onions, sliced
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tsp of Paprika
100g of Chorizo, cubed
6 Green Olives, halved
150ml of White Wine
400Ml of Fish Stock
10 Cherry Tomatoes
300g of New Potatoes, halved
Oil to fry
Salt & Pepper to season

Method:-

(1) Heat Oil in a Dutch Oven / Flame proof dish and add the Onions.
(2) Fry over a medium heat until softened.
(3) Add the Garlic and fry for a further minute.
(4) Add the Paprika and Chorizo and fry for a few more minutes.
(5) Add the Potatoes and stir until coated.
(6) Add the Wine, Stock and Salt & Pepper it season.
(7) Simmer for 10 minutes, or until the Potatoes are tender.
(8) Add the Olives and Tomatoes.
(9) Season the Hake with Salt & Pepper and lay over the vegetables.
(10) Cover and steam for 10 minutes, until the Fish is cooked through.

To be honest all you need is a sprinkle of Parsley for colour and this is good to go.

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