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[quickcluck]

Hi Guys....

 

I friend of mine is going to be 40 soon, and some friends have decided to try and do her a little tea party!

 

Obviously she is a tad restricted, are there any Coeliacs out there who have a recipes or tips of things we can do, I know that she has flour that we can use, I thought I'd try to make pizza base or sausage rolls but dont know if sausages are a no no........

 

Omlet has everyone on here, and you all know something! Sooo any help gratefully recieved

 

Thanks

 

K

[LisaP]

Not coeliac but one of my children is on a very strict exclusion diet and can't have gluten and wheat as part of that and I think that is what you need to avoid for your friend

 

Nearly all sausages contain cereal or rusk and therefore a no go for coeliacs but you can buy gluten free ones. The ones I buy (in Sainsburys) are either "The Black Farmer" or "Debbie and Andrews - Gluten Free label" or Sainsburys Free From(frozen).

 

Sainsburys also sell Doves Farm gluten free flour. If you're making the pastry I suggest using the self raising and add baking powder and bicarbonate of soda but even then be aware that gluten free pastry can be quite firm/crispy

 

If you want any recipes just let me know.

 

Lisa P

[Snowy]

My best friends little boy is coeliac so I've also had to learn where to shop! The Co-op is a great source - their 'finest' range of sausages are gluten free and all their stuff is very well labelled. Basically you have to check everything - all processed foods could possibly contain gluten, including gravy sauces (Bisto Original contains gluten but Bisto Best is OK), chocolate, crisps and cake decorations. As long as you check the labels, you'll be OK. The Juvela flour makes lovely cake

[TutuTallulah]

I'm not coeliac but do try and avoid wheat (I have the odd lapse now and then but suffer afterwards!)

 

M&S do some sausages that are 100% meat (no rusk etc) so I have those and also I make a 'quiche' without a pastry crust. If I want to make it a little more substantial I put rice flour pasta in the bottom - sounds gross but is actually quite nice! There are quite a few recipes available for cakes made with ground almonds instead of flour as well and these can be nice although the texture is different to traditional cake.

 

Potato boats (jacket potatoes with middles scooped out, mixed with cheese and stuffed back into the skins) are also popular on our wheat free buffets. Also rice cakes to go with a cheese board. Pasta salad made with rice flour pasta (don't over cook it!). Cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon instead of sausage rolls. Smoked salmon rolled around cream cheese. Celery filled with goats cheese.

 

I could go on! It seems quite daunting at first but a bit of creative thinking and I'm sure your friend will be absolutely delighted you've made such a special effort x

[quickcluck]

Thanks, constructive replies so soon!!!

 

Will get out there and get looking, i'm excited about the sausages - that's quite sad....... I also like the sound of potato boats!

 

Good tip on cake decorations, will check those out, as i'm going to attempt a giant cupcake with gluten free flour!

[whoopsie]

There are some good gluten free recipes on t'internet (DON'T assume that wheat free is gluten free - it isn't). My Dad is a coeliac and Mum spends ages sorting out what to feed him (it would be a lot easier but he's fussy too!). Most of the supermarkets have some sort of gluten free food range but diet doesn't have to be restricted to those things - as has already been said check labels carefully - foods are labeled well nowadays and say if they have gluten in them or not.

 

Good luck with the cupcake. Mum has got a good recipe but i'm not sure where she found it - if I can get it then i'll post it up.

 

Well done for doing this for your friend - it's a lovely thoughtful gesture and she'll love it.

[Egluntyne]

I'm a coeliac. I'll post a lovely sponge cake recipe tomorrow, when I can lay my hands on it.

 

You'll need some Xanthan Gum.

 

Sausages are definitely a no no ... unless they specifically say gluten free. Some of the Debbie and Andrew range available at supermarkets are gluten free ... but not all.

[Egluntyne]

Gluten Free Sponge cake

 

Preheat your oven to gas mark 3/160 degrees C

 

Ingredients

Three eggs. Weigh them and then weigh out equivalent amounts of

1)caster sugar

2)butter or Margarine, (I use Flora last time I made this and it was lovely)

3)Doves Farm Gluten Free Self Raising Flour.

 

1 and a half tsps of bicarbonate of soda

1 and a half tsps baking powder

half a tsp of xanthan gum

 

1and a half tsp glycerine

165 mls semi skimmed milk, warmed.

 

Method

Sieve all dry ingredients (apart from sugar) into a bowl and mix well.

Cream butter or Margarine and sugar until light, fluffy and pale.

 

Add beaten eggs. Mix well, adding a little of the flour mix if necessary.

Add the flour and mix well.

Stir the glycerine into the warm milk and then add to the cake mix.

It should be a fairly sloppy mixture.

 

Pour into 2 x 21 cm round cake tins lined with baking parchment.

 

Cook for 20 to 25 mins, in the centre of the oven or until golden and springs back when pressed lightly

 

This mixture cooks more quickly than a conventional sponge.

 

It will keep for a couple of days ( some hope in this house, I'm lucky if a cake lasts 20 minutes) in an air tight tin.

[whoopsie]

Thanks Egluntyne - i'll pass that along to my coeliac friends and family!

[quickcluck]

Thanks Eglutine..... Do you have any party favorites that we could do, things that she may be missing since her diagnosis?

[Forestchook]

Quickcluck,

 

I am not a coeliac but a friend of the family is so I/we have made cakes for when he visits. Doves GF flour has recipes for fairy cakes and things on the back of the packet. Also, if you friend is getting GF food on precription she may have boxes of cake mix she could let you have? Mostly cakes turn out okay just substituting GF flour for wheat flour (adding GF baking powder as necessary if the GF flour is plain not self-raising). Scones seem to work quite well too (although Mum made some inedible ones -still don't know what she did to them).

I have tried ready-made GF pizza bases and they were quite nice. I have also seen mixes on sale but have never tried them. I don't know if coeliacs can get either on prescription?

 

A word of warning about GF pastry: I have only made it once (to make a quiche) but I found I had to paste it around the dish as it most definitly would not roll out (but then maybe I just need more practice to get the right consistancy).

Also personally I find rice flour to give a sandy texture so I wouldn't use it unless it's part of a flour mix like Doves.

 

Crispie or cornflake cakes may be good party food (hmm I seem to be rather cake orientated here ) Just check which brands of cereal are okay to use - your friend may have a guide. I think store brands tend to be okay but well-known ones are not. I can post a recipe for nice sticky crispie/cornflake cakes if you want.

 

I can recommend this cake.

 

Gluten Free Lemon drizzle cake.

Cake:

200g butter

200g (caster) sugar

4 eggs

175 ground almonds ( or use polenta or wheat free flour)

Zest of 3 lemons

250g mash potato

2 tbs gluten free baking powder

Drizzle:

4 tbsp granulated sugar

juice of one lemon

 

Heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c/gas 4. butter and line a 20cm deep cake tin. Brat together butter and sugar, then gradually add the egg. Fold in the almonds (or alternative), the potato, the lemon zest and baking powder .

Tip into tin and bake for 40-45 mins

Allow to cool for 10 mins before turning out onto a rack. Mix the lemon juice and granulated sugar and spoon over the cake.

 

I also have quite a nice recipe for a fruit cake. We now use it as our Christmas cake recipe. I can PM it too you if you like but I'm not sure if I should post it as it's from a book.

I hope this helps.

Good luck

N

[quickcluck]

Thanks Forestchook!!!

 

ANother really helpfull post! I am doing research also, as some of it i'd like to be a surprise for her

[Forestchook]

as some of it i'd like to be a surprise for her

 

I did wonder! However if she knows you are planning something then obtaining some flour from her (if she can spare it) is a good idea: GF flour and other products tend to be on the expensive side!

BTW Mum thinks the pizza bases we tried were Glutafin and that they are in the freezer section in Sainsburys.

Crimbles maccaroons are GF and rather nice. Meringues are good too, just watch out because some contain flour. But then you should have plenty of eggs to make your own .

Have fun.

N

[Snowy]

Just remembered - those yummy frozen deserts in Ikea are gluten free! The dime bar ones.

[Alis girls]

Meringues are gluten free as you can use cornflour - I made pavlova when it was my turn for pud at a do once

[quickcluck]

good idea! Thanks

[Egluntyne]

Thanks Eglutine..... Do you have any party favorites that we could do, things that she may be missing since her diagnosis?

 

This is nice.

 

Asparagus and Parmesan quiche

 

Preheat oven to gas mark 4/180 degrees C

 

Ingredients

For the Pastry

100g Doves Farm Plain Gluten Free Flour

50g butter cut intio small dice

4-5 tbsps water

 

For the filling

 

200g Fromage Frais (works quite well with the fat free version)

2 beaten eggs

100g Asparagus tips (blanched and refreshed.)

20g freshly grated Parmesan Cheese ( Not the granulated baby's vomit type that comes in a little tub - it doesn't work)

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

 

Method

 

Pastry

Place flour in bowl and rub in butter till it resembles fine bread crumbs.

Add water and work mix into a soft ball.

Wrap in cling film and put in fridge for half an hour to rest.

No surprises there.

 

Roll out between 2 sheets of baking parchment or floured ( gluten free!) cling film. It can be a bit fragile but you can patch it if it breaks.

Press gently into the tin.

 

Filling

Mix together the fromage frais, eggs and season.

Pour into the flan tin and then decoratively arrange the asparagus tips.

Sprinkle over the grated parmesan cheese.

Cook for 25 minutes, till it is golden.

[Egluntyne]

Gluten Free Pizza Base ( Makes 2)

 

Pre heat oven to gas mark 6/200 degrees C

Ingredients

½ a tsp of sugar

115ml lukewarm water

5g dried active yeast

150g Doves Farm gluten free plain flour

2 tsps dried milk

¾ tsp gluten free baking powder ( Waitrose do one)

½ tsp xanthan gum

½ tsp salt

½ tablespoon sunflower oil or mild olive oil

1 bantam egg or ½ an ordinary egg

 

Method

Dissolve the sugar in 75mls of the lukewarm water in a bowl and stir in the dried yeast. Leave in a warm place for 5 minutes so that the yeast starts to work. – ie have a frothy appearance.

 

Place the remaining dry ingredients into the bowl of a food mixer bowl and mix well.

Whisk together the oil and egg and gently stir in to dry ingredients.

Add the remaining water and the yeast mixture when you are sure it is ready and mix well until a smooth dough is formed and all the liquid is incorporated thoroughly into the mix. (3-4 minutes)

 

Flour your hands with gluten free flour and divide the dough into 2 equal pieces.

 

Line your baking tin with baking parchment, and using the heel of your hand, form 2 circles of dough each approx 20 cms across.

Cover dough with clean tea towel and allow to rise in a warm place for 15 mins.

 

Place bases in oven and cook for 10 minutes, remove and add the toppings of your choice.

 

Return to oven and bake for a further 10-15 minutes until base crisp and topping golden.

[quickcluck]

Thanks. Where do you get the gum stuff? A health food shop or a supermarket?

[Egluntyne]

Tesco or Waitrose.