Can anyone Reccomend a good GF recipe book.?

[anniet]

Hi everyone,

I'm following gluten free for thyroid and DH issues.

I cook all meals from scratch, but haven't moved to gluten free baking yet and would like to try

I could die for a fairy cake or pie some days but dont know where to start with this side of cooking.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of a GOOD book.

Thank you

annie.x

[judithr]

Yes, the two books by Phil Vickery are excellent. For the first time since becoming a coeliac I have had scones that tasted & felt like scones. But an extra tip put a couple of teaspoons of apple vinegar in your pastry - it makes all the difference. Enjoy.

[BellaC79]

I can recommend 'the australian womans weekly -gluten free eating cookbook' Everything i have tried in here has been a success very easy using soya, potato and rice flours including- fairy cakes, carrot cake muffins, apple and ricotta fritters and banana hotcakes. So easy to follow and make including both sweet and savoury recipes. I picked up my copy in Booths.

[FionaGFG Administrator in reply to BellaC79]

Such a great tip! You can often find these in Waterstones who seem to stock a great selection of these. The Veggie cookbook is also very healthy and mostly Gluten Free.

[Hidden]

Hi Annie, when you bake cakes and buns with gf flour the egg whites act like gluten and help bind everything together. Most gf flour flour mixes have tapioca starch and a blend of other flours like rice flour. This is because wheat starts to cook at 48C and most naturally gf flours start to cook between 70 and 80C where as tapioca starts to cook at 62C.

You can also buy gf flour mixes in the supermarket by companies like Doves farm and just substitute their flour mix for wheat flour.

Here's some on line recipes for you with photo's of many:

withoutgluten.co.uk/

So my advice would be to make gf versions of your favourite foods and try smaller quantities at first. And good luck.

[FionaGFG Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Great blog Jerry & love the Directory & map - well done! Will you be adding a link to GFGs blog in future & we'll cross link to yours? ; )

[MikeG]

Hi Annie, i to am following a gluten free diet for thyroid issues and had great results.It has been easier to do for me due to my daughter been coeliac. I know of a great book currently been printed called Fighting Back With Food. Not all receipes will be GF but most are as this book has been written in conjunction with a couple of childrens cancer charities. It will be available through the charity web site alfiestrust.com and through amazon.

All the best

Mike

[sassyl]

I'll second the Phil Vickery comment.

Scones... Mmmm,

Raspberry Polenta Traybake.... Mmmmmmm,

Meringue thing with cake in it too.... Mmmmmmmmmmmm!

[Penel]

When it comes to pastry I prefer to use the buckwheat flour from Doves, it's got more body than their plain white gf flour. Dove's self raising flour makes a good fairy cake.

[Liana]

My go to is by Rebecca Reilly ...Gluten-Free Baking

amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Baki...

You can order it online. She was a pastry chef before she discovered she has Celaic Disease. She knows what she's doing.

[Apricot]

Would recommend the books from Michelle Berriedale Johnson...there is one with a glorious photo of a pie on the front (use your favourite South American river named site to find). Its a good back to basics cook book,...no nosense and straighforward family recipes...that will give you the confidence to develop your own styles....

Well worth it!!

J

[Mia1057]

I have to agree with the Phil Vickery book choice great books

[Sianbuffy]

Try this blog too

intolerantchef.blogspot.co.uk/

[anniet]

Thank you all for the advice. I will look for them and go from there.

annie.x

[alifhp]

Hi Anniet,

I have been baking gf for 27 years now and found it quite daunting at first, but persevere, it really is worth it. When you make pastry, just remember to give it a good kneed, as if you were baking bread dough. By kneeding it, the pastry becomes more pliable and you will be able to roll it easier and pop it into a pie dish etc. I also love the Phil Vickery books - can't pick a fav recipe, I love them all! Enjoy x Ali

[FionaGFG Administrator]

We're not sweet toothed so here's a summary of our favourite GF cook books:

amazon.co.uk/Hamlyn-Colour-...

Great as they're tripled tested recipes and easy to flick through

amazon.co.uk/Simply-Gluten-...

Handy as most coeliacs need to also go dairy free for the first 3 to 6mths after diagnosis until the Villi heal and can re-asborb lactose and cope with casein

amazon.co.uk/Learn-Wheat-Gl...

A great all rounder

amazon.co.uk/Paleo-Comfort-...

No temptation to make GF pasta/ cakes etc instead just great healthy GF food

[Maryelle]

Can anyone recommend a gluten free / wheat free vegetarian cook book please

[Morningstar]

I got quite a few at the library, including a couple of Phil Vickery ones. If you go online to Juvela and Glutafin and join their sotes you get 'goody boxes' sent out to you with samples in, they send you e-mails with info in and loads and loads of tried and tested recipes. I have tried the muffins that i put maple and mixed fruit in, victoria sandwich, yorkshire puddings as favorites. The 'goodies' are great too, you can see which you prefer before you get stuff on perscription.