Gluten-free food from French patissiers
The chefs at Parisian restaurant and grocery store No Glu create delicious, gluten-free food with all the style, finesse and passion for baking excellence that makes French patisserie world-renowned. Using a range of cereals, flours and clever flour mixes that are naturally gluten-free and healthy, they have developed over 65 delicious and nutritious recipes, guaranteed gluten-free (many of the recipes are also lactose-free).
The recipes fall into the following chapters: Basic Recipes, Breakfast, Tea, Nibbles, Entrees, Mains, Desserts and Breads. Included are gluten-free recipes for scrumptious cookies, sticky banana cake, sweet pastry, polenta cake, savoury and sweet muffins, chestnut flour bread, chickpea bread, crepes, focaccia, cheesecake, burgers, pizza and quiche. All recipes guaranteed delicious and gluten-free.
A bit hit and miss, but worth the effort
I found I have had to adapt or alter pretty much every recipe out of this book I've tried, but believe me - the results were worth it. Sometimes all I had to do was add a little egg, or a little more spice. The results have been pretty superb once I do get the recipe right, and even though I have been leaving out the xantham gum I still found their recipes worked. The chocolate muffins were great when made into chocolate chip muffins, the raisin-choc-coconut cookies were the best straight out of the oven - with an extra egg thrown into the mix, etc. Their Bolognese sauce was also really easy, and particularly good with extra tomato and spice. It's certainly given me a lot of ideas, and the photographs are just stunning.
Guest, 26/09/2014