Gluen free recipe books

[waveylines]

Hello everyone, Ive recently had to go gluten free. Nearly a month in I feel much better and symptoms are abating. Am now on the hunt for some good recipe books. Be grateful for any suggestions . Many thanks.

[Hidden]

Deliciously Ella is great. About 80% of our regular meals are her recipes!

She's GF, dairy and meat free too but the recipes could easily be adapted to include meat of you're so inclined.

[waveylines in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Onward. My son is veggie so that would work very well. I do eat dairy for my bones as am on a med that cause osteoporosis.....lol. Are there any good breadmakers for gluten free bread?

[Hidden in reply to waveylines]

I discovered Warburtons tiger bread is great! Their GF crumpets are also fab.

[waveylines in reply to Hidden]

Thanks 😀

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to waveylines]

Waitrose brown seeded is utterly delicious toasted (in separate GF toaster)

Don’t share butter, jam, mayonnaise etc either

Waitrose seeded Thins make good sandwiches or French toast

[waveylines in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks Slow Dragon. I shall have to write a list to try them out.

[Jacs in reply to waveylines]

I tried the panasonic sd-2501 bread maker but couldn’t produce a decent GF loaf despite trying many recipes suggested - it was edible but not nice. Personally I think M&S brown seeded sliced loaf can’t be beaten (it’s the only GFbread my daughters who are not gF will willingly eat). Waitrose is good too, and at a push co-op does a reasonable one.Wrt GF cookbook, I have a couple but through experience I have found that a good number of ‘ordinary’ recipes work well, replacing flour with Doves Farm Rice or GF flour, or simple cornflour, and adding a pinch of Xantham if necessary. On the whole I find that GF baking needs to be wetter than normal so usually add a couple of tablespoons of additional liquid, It’s trial and error, but on the whole successful.

For home made bread I’ve switched to Soda bread, or fruit & nut soda bread, using GF flour.

Good luck!

[waveylines in reply to Jacs]

Thanks Jacs for the great suggestions...... We have been switching to gluten free flour in the receipes we have but it doesnt always work. Had a disaster with samosas the mixture would not bind but didnt know about Xantham....maybe that would have helped? How does it work with pastry? Not tried making any yet.

[Jacs in reply to waveylines]

Yes xantham helps to hold it together. not sure about Samosas but worth a go. I’ll send the recipe i use for shortcrust pastry later - it’s quite hard to handle and is crumbly but tastes delicious. I don’t bother making puff as the shop bought ones work so well.

[waveylines in reply to Jacs]

Thanks Jacs. 😊 I didnt know you could buy ready made gluten free puff pastry . I will have a look. Weve discovered that the online supermarkets dont put all their gluten free products on which means I end up braving the supermarket.

[Jacs in reply to waveylines]

Shortcrust pastry 225 GF plain flour

1tsp xantham gum

pinch salt

100g cubed cold butter

1 egg, beaten

Sift dry ingredients and mix, rub in butter until the mixture forms dry breadcrumbs

Add the egg & mix it in with palette knife. Gradually add 1-2 tablespoons cold water, a little at a time, mixing after each addition. keep adding water and mixing until it comes together to form a dough.

Briefly/lightly knead, wrap in cling film & chill for 10m

Roll out & use. I blind bake for 15m as i find it gives best results

For sweet shortcrust add 2tbsp icing sugar with the flour before blending into crumbs. after blind baking, brush the pastry case with egg wash from 1 beaten egg & bake for further 5m to crisp up

Works for me.

[waveylines in reply to Jacs]

Thanks Jacs -am going to write this up in my recipe book......probably not use it just yet as am in the middle of an extension and our cooking facilities are a bit restricted at the moment.

[Localhero]

Not a recipe book, but a recipe. I recently came across this Nigella Lawson one for clementine cake. In general, I try to limit the amount of sugar I eat, which I do find helps, but this is a wonderful treat.

nigella.com/recipes/clement...

[waveylines in reply to Localhero]

Look lovely. Thankyou.

[pussycatwillow]

NOSH gluten free recipe books. Have a look on Amazon

[waveylines]

Thanks will have a nosey.

[LMor]

I use BBc good food (online). I make all my food from scratch. I choose recipes I like and then make them with gluten free ingredients. Fantastic recipes online 😀

[waveylines in reply to LMor]

Yes I like the online receipes too.....have started to swop to gluten fre flour. Thanks 😊

[Yppah]

Glad you are feeling better for it. I really like “Coconut oil: recipes for real life” from Lucy Bee. She’s coeliac. I rarely use the coconut oil though. But other than that I just adapt recipes as others have said. Haven’t managed to make any good bread - always too sweet and dense! I don’t eat a lot of bread but when I do, Genius Fibre Fest or Protein Punch cobs are nice.

[waveylines in reply to Yppah]

Thanks Yppah...... 😊

[waveylines]

Thank you for all your great suggestions! Ive written them all down & shall enjoy trying them all out. Brill!!! 🤗🤗 Thank you!!