Gluten free guest coming for Christmas dinner.

KittyBoo_2

My Mum and her friend are joining us for Christmas and the lady is gluten free.
What type of food can I serve her instead of the usual stuffing, sausages and gravy which have gluten in?
I am assuming that the turkey and traditional veg will be alright.
Thanks for any suggestions.

carol22_2

Hiya
My mum is wheat intolerant, which I know isn't exactly the same thing, but basically:

Veg and turkey - fine
Gravy - can be made traditionally with the meat juices, I'm sure someone with more experience can give you a recipe.
Sausages - can be bought gluten free, just means reading ingredients lists on a few packets, or if you have a nice local butcher they might make you a batch with no rusk.
Puddings - what about something like a warm fruit salad with cream as an alternative to xmas pud and cake?

I'd suggest having a look on the Coeliac (sp?) website, they will probably have a lot of helpful information. If all else fails, ask your mum for ideas! I'm sure more helpful people will be able to add more suggestions.
xx

ETA Just remembered, the glass jar of chicken flavour gravy (think it's bisto) is wheat free. Not sure why just the glass jar, but thought it might help.

flowerfish

Roast dinners are one of the easiest things to do gluten free I always find as long as you:

don't use flour on the spuds for crisping, not that I could ever be bothered to do that

sausages, lots are gf now, usually the "nicer" ones, lots in M&S are and even my butcher does them now. Tesco do loads, I never use the gluten free branded ones just read the labels on the speciality ones. If they have gluten in it says it on the label now.

Gravy, I use some gravy granules (can't remember which ones but they are from Tesco and say gf on them again not in the speciality section). Or if you make gravy with the bits in the tin thicken with cornflour instead of flour.
Stuffing is something I don't like so easy not to bother but I think gf sections usually have some in or you could make your own with gf breadcrumbs.
For things like cake, pudding etc you can get free from ones now. I tend to make something different. Last year I made Delia's chesnut roulade which was gorgeous and I had to fight for a piece even though everyone else had the pudding, cake etc.

I find when I go to peoples houses they do really worry about poinsoning me but I haven't been poisoned yet! Good luck.

maryb

Marks and Sparks outdoor reared sausages are gluten free (they use pea starch as the binder) and they are on special offer at the moment, 2 for £4.

Compton's gravy salt (they sell it in Morrisons and Tescos)is made with caramel and cornflour, however not all caramel is gluten free (sometimes it's made from barley) so I can't guarantee it's OK for a coeliac. I used it when cooking for someone who was wheat intolerant and that was fine. It makes really nice gravy if you are using the juices in the pan with veg water. They say to mix it with flour but I just used cornflour. However I find it is quite strong so I mix it with more cornflour than they say which also makes it go further

tryingtoruletheworld

You could make some gluten free mince pies quite easily, but the Village Bakery ones are pretty good if you can't be bothered! The Village Bakery christmas pud is also fab, we sometimes have it just cos we like it!

andrinaperry

make you stuffing with sausage meat and onion, get the sausage meat from your butcher and explain the problem he should be able to prvide you with sausage meat whitch is grain free

timmmers

Here ya go ;-
http://www.approvedfood.co.uk/GLUTEN_FREE

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anniemf2508

Waitrose do a really nice chipolata thats gluten free, you get 10 in a pack...my hubby (who is a coeliac) twists each of them into 3 and hey presto you've got mini sausages for pigs in blankets

We make our own stuffing, using a mix of pork mince,herbs and gluten free breadcrumbs.

For gravy make with the old fashioned way...if you need to add any stock to it, knorr stock cubes are gf, to thicken either use cornflour or arrowroot.

Instead of xmas pud we do either a pavlova, cheesecake or trifle(with gf sponge cake).

The main thing to remember is that if you are making gluten free and non gluten free food together is watch for contamination....for example, using the same utensils etc

KittyBoo_2

You are all fab, thankyou for your ideas.
I won't feel so paranoid about her coming now and I will buy the gluten free option for all of us.

lisa26_2

my ex was on a gluten free diet. I believe oxo gravy granules are gluten free but I wouldn't swear to it so check first!! Sainsbury's do a GF stuffing mix and tesco do GF sausages. There's a range called something like 'Debbie & Andrews' and they do some GF sausages too.

anniemf2508

lisa26 wrote: »

my ex was on a gluten free diet. I believe oxo gravy granules are gluten free but I wouldn't swear to it so check first!! Sainsbury's do a GF stuffing mix and tesco do GF sausages. There's a range called something like 'Debbie & Andrews' and they do some GF sausages too.

oxo isn't gf anymore