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Marzipan
103g ground almonds (sweet almonds) 149g powdered sugar 1 tablespoon home made golden syrup 1/4tsp almond flavouring (bitter almond flavour) enough water to make a thick dough (add a very little water at a time) Sift together the first 2 ingredients so they are well combined. Add the golden syrup and almond flavouring and stir…
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Mustard Sauce
This is a wonderful accompaniment to any roast poultry dish. Give it a go. 1 tablespoon dry mustard powder 1 tablespoon sugar 2 tablespoons cornflour (corn starch) salt to taste a little white vinegar 16oz milk Add the first 5 ingredients together and mix into a paste. Add the milk and apply low heat, stirring…
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Gluten Free Pie Crust
I have been experimenting with gluten free pie crust / short crust recipes. The experiments have been quite demoralising as none of the recipes have produced a nice, short pastry. This recipe delivers. I have used it for pecan pie and for mince pies. I have doubled it without any worries. Two words of caution,…
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Gluten free lemon poppyseed muffins
This recipe makes 12 regular sized muffins, or 6 giant ones. DRY INGREDIENTS 1 and 2/3 cups whole oats heaped 1/2 cup corn starch 1 teaspoon xanthan gum 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup white sugar 1/4 cup poppy seeds WET INGREDIENTS 2 eggs 1 cup lemon flavoured…
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Ice cream
Recently I saw one of the kids at my son’s school eating an ice cream bar. Well, it was called an “ice cream bar”. Then I looked at the ingredients. nonfat milk and milkfat water sugar corn syrup whey citric acid stabiliser (mono & diglycerides, guar gum, polysorbate 80, xanthan gum and and carob bean…
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Sodium citrate
Is a moderately expensive substance to buy. But why would you buy some anyway? Because you can turn any cheese into melty cheese. How’d you like a slab of “processed cheese” that melts just like those cheese slices, but it’s made from an actual cheese? Sodium citrate does it. It’s also used in molecular gastronomy,…