Salted Caramel Brownies recipe developed for Food Thoughts Cocoa and Sainsbury’s online.
I was recently commissioned by Food Thoughts Cocoa, to develop a recipe using their 100% cocoa powder product for Sainsbury's online. It is naturally unsweetened and gluten-free which I particularly like and significantly, they originally pioneered Fairtrade Cocoa with Oxfam in 1989.
The salted caramel brownies recipe can be found on Sainsbury's website and the 100% cocoa powder can be purchased in store here.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like an Udi’s Christmas.
Last Christmas Udi’s sent me a wide variety of gluten-free products and I set myself a baking challenge based on the 12 Days Of Christmas which you can read all about here.
So, this Christmas, it was exciting to receive some new products that I had not sampled before as well as some household favourites. The intriguing and substantial box of delights included Cinnamon and Sugar Bagel Chips, Cranberry Walnut Granola, Soft and Delicious White Sandwich Bread, All-Purpose Flour Mix, some ...
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Savoury tuiles with beetroot cream, mushrooms and dill (GF).
These distinct festive nibbles are sure to catch your eye over the Christmas period and get the thumbs up if you are coeliac or following a gluten-free diet. The savoury tuiles are peppered with black sesame seeds and filled with neon pink beetroot cream, topped with sautéed button mushrooms and dill.
Makes: Approx 18-20
Tuile Ingredients:
65g / 2½oz plain flour, (I used gluten-free plain flour)
15g / 1oz caster sugar
1 teaspoon salt
115g / 4oz butter, softened
2 large ...
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The Guardian: Featuring My Quick Gluten-Free Canape Recipe.
Today The Guardian features some great quick canape recipes that are perfect for Christmas. My gluten-free wild mushrooms on toast feature and this is the recipe found here. Great comments by freelance food writer and regular columnist, Eve O'Sullivan.
"Kate Hardie’s wild mushroom toasts are a brilliant way to give a thought to the gluten-intolerant. The toasts, if kept in an airtight container, can be made a day or so ahead, too; I found that a seeded bread worked really well for added ...
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Delicious Alchemy Christmas Fruit Cake Mix.
Delicious Alchemy recently revealed that they were launching a unique new product, a limited edition Christmas cake mix none the less which really excited me.
This substantial mix of festive fun was jam packed with raisins, dates and sultanas and smelled divine. It immediately made me question making my own Christmas cake in the future when all the ingredients apart from eggs, butter or dairy free alternative and a cheeky tot of brandy are within the mix, I am converted!
Feeling creative, I ...
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Strawberry, Black Cherry, White and Dark Chocolate Mille-feuille (GF)
Serves: 4-6
Mille-feuille requires a bit of patience if you are making the puff pastry from scratch but it is worth the wait!
Ingredients:
50g / 2oz caster sugar, plus extra for serving
350g gluten-free puff pastry (shop bought or homemade recipe found here)
300ml / 10fl oz double cream
1 vanilla pod, seeds only
200g / 7oz strawberries, sliced, plus extra for decoration
200g / 7oz pitted black cherries, halved
50g / 2oz gluten-free white chocolate, grated
50g / 2oz gluten-free ...
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Rough Puff Pastry (GF)
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
140g / 5oz gluten-free multipurpose flour
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
¼ teaspoon salt
110g / 4oz chilled butter, cubed
50g / 2oz cold water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Method:
1. Sieve the flour into a large mixing bowl followed by the xanthan gum and salt, then add the cubes of butter and coat with the flour mix.
2. Next pour in the cold water and lemon juice, stirring with a knife to begin combining, then gently bring together to form a rough ...
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Halloween Ginger Biscuits (GF).
Makes: 15-20 Biscuits (3" cutter)
I have introduced a new dimension on the classic gingerbread which is stem ginger, giving the biscuits a chewy bite. This recipe certainly lives up to its name as it is packed with a lot of ginger punch!
Ingredients:
275g / 10oz gluten-free plain flour
1 dessert spoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
75g / 3oz cold butter
50g / 2oz dark brown sugar
25g / 1oz stem ginger, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons ...
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The Telegraph: Featuring My Duck Stuffed With Mushrooms And Chestnuts (GF).
This weekend my duck stuffed with mushrooms and chestnuts recipe appears in The Telegraph. You can read more here and the recipe is below.
Serves: 2
This recipe is packed with lots of robust flavours from the chestnuts and shiitake mushrooms and works well with either duck, goose, grouse, lamb or pork which are all in season now.
Ingredients:
2 duck breasts
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
10 chestnuts, cooked, peeled and ...
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Quorn Gluten-Free Product Review And Recipes.
I love nothing more than settling down to a Sunday roast with the family most weekends, however this weekend was slightly different. I was recently approached by Quorn to try out some of their new gluten-free range. So, taking the bull by the proverbial meat free horns I opted to try some of this relatively new range and create a meat free alternative main meal for all the family. I chose the Meat Free Mince and Meat Free Chicken Pieces and these are the recipes I created with them.
In...
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