Gluten Free the old style way

chewynut

Give me a bell if the mix doesn't work. It makes me so sad when GF people struggle to find nice bread because the bread I get from the mix blows the rest out of the water.

You dump all the ingredients in a bowl and it makes a very wet dough. It's not worth putting ingrediants in separately or anything because it's just white goop. I put a good blob in 2 sets of bread tins and a little loaf tin, well greased. Don't forget to grease them well with lard or you won't get them out intact, believe me. It took us a year to realise that I put mine in our oven on the bread rise setting for about 20-30 minutes. I've forgotten them and left them for ages before and they've been fine. Then they go on the bread baking setting for some time. I can't remember specifically how long. You can tell when they're done because they're really light and sound hollow when you tap them. I leave them for longer than the box says because it makes them chewier.

They don't keep very well which is why I freeze them fresh and defrost when needed. They defrost so well it's better than trying to eat the bread after about day #4

cwtw

Thanks Chewynut I will try your recipe suggestion. I know you don't normally buy freefrom ranges at the supermarket, but have you tried Isabels dough balls, pizza bases and yorkshire pudds mix. They are fantastic (but not cheap - I bought them on special offer at the local gluten free food fair).

Patchwork_Quilt

Just a note about greasing bread tins - I use non-stick baking paper from T3sco and then wash and reuse as long as possible.

chewynut

cwtw wrote: »

Thanks Chewynut I will try your recipe suggestion. I know you don't normally buy freefrom ranges at the supermarket, but have you tried Isabels dough balls, pizza bases and yorkshire pudds mix. They are fantastic (but not cheap - I bought them on special offer at the local gluten free food fair).

Ooh, I can't say I've heard of them but I'll keep an eye out for them because I'm a !!!!!! for yorkies

zaxdog

Hi Guys,

The OH has been diagnosed as having celiac disease which answers a lot of questions BUT leaves me at a loss when you see just how much stuff contains gluten.

Would love any tried and tested gluten free recipes and tips from you all

Pink.

These threads should help:

Old Style Gluten Free

Gluten and wheat free baking

The wheat & gluten, dairy free/organic diets on the cheap thread

Wheat /gluten free bread recipe??

Gluten Free the old style way

Ideas for gluten free lunches ?

Gluten free recipes

I'll add this thread to one of the above later.

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hilstep2000

My friends' husband is the same. Picked up a gluten free cook book for her this week in Poundland!

Magpie27

I had the same problem as I now have to eat GF, we are on a very tight budget and GF food is very expensive. As long as you cook from scratch you shouldn't find dinners too much of a problem with a few simple changes. For breakfast I'm having homemade rice pudding at the moment as I like something hot in the winter and I found I couldn't tolerate oats even GF ones. Don't bother buying the GF biscuits & cakes they are very expensive and all the ones I've tried were disgusted. I've made a really nice carrot cake and some lovely chocolate brownies a few times, they must be nice as OH sneers at everything GF but couldn't stop eatting them I can post the recipes later if you fancy them? The best flour I've found is Doves and don't forget you will need GF baking powder as well - good luck

Helen2k8

Look up recipes tagged with "paleo" or "primal"; these are grain-free Try http://chowstalker.com/

Lots of subs possible for meat and flavourings.

I do a lot of stews (meat+veg) and reduce the sauce down instead of thickening with flour.
Courgette "noodles" instead of pasta.
Baked potato instead of a sandwich.

ragz_2

Just stick to proper food like meat, veg and dairy and there won't be an issue. You can still have rice and potatoes... if you avoid processed stuff it really isn't as hard as people make out. Gluten free bread is a con, unless he absolutely cannot live without bread it is too expensive and doesn't taste great.

Dove's farm gluten free white flour is amazing, I bake everything I used to with it, dumplings come out fab, pastry isn't as soft but still good...