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Gluten Free Flour Mix

Gluten Free Flours for Baking.  People who are sensitive to wheat, or have coeliac disease, also known as celiac disease, need to avoid wheat completely. Here are some gluten free flours which actually are tastier and more nutritious than eating baking products which contain only wheat.

The best flours  to use in your Gluten Free flour mix are the following.  These combinations are highly nutritious and contain good amounts of protein.

Arrowroot

Besan flour, or Chick Pea Flour.

Cornmeal

Potato Flour

Rice Flour

Soy Flour

Tapioca Flour

It is a good idea to make up a mix of the flours you wish to use in your gluten free flour mix beforehand.  A  large jar or tin of it in the pantry will keep several weeks in the cool, but the best method for storing flour or grain is to put it into a cotton or linen bag so that it can breathe.  By making up a quantity of flour,  you do not have to mix it up fresh each time you bake.

You can use any combination of the above flours, but here are two different recipes which work very well:

Gluten Free Flour Mix Number One: For Bread and Pastry, use the following Gluten Free Mix:

  • Four parts Besan flour, or chick pea flour.
  • Four parts Potato flour.
  • Two parts Rice flour
  • Two parts Arrowroot flour or Tapioca flour
  • One part Soy flour.

Gluten Free Mix Number Two:  For Gluten Free Cookies, cakes, muffins, and pancakes use the following mix:

  • Four  parts Besan flour, or Chick pea flour
  • Four  parts fine yellow cornmeal
  • Two parts Tapioca flour, or Arrowroot flour.
  • Two parts rice flour
  • Two parts soy flour

Test out your pancake mix which is listed directly above:

To Make Gluten Free Pancakes:

  • Take one cup of the Gluten Free Flour Mix Number Two
  • Add  one  cup of milk or water:  You might need slightly more water, depending on what flours you have used. These gluten free flours do not need as much water as wheat flour does, in making a pancake.
  • Add two free range organic eggs

Mix altogether.  Heat up a sturdy fry pan.  Add some butter or olive oil and cook as for normal pancakes, pouring in a thin covering of the batter each time.  Let cook for two minutes or so, then turn over.

You need to mix the batter well each time before you pour a cupful into the heated fry pan, as the solids will settle on the bottom of the bowl otherwise.


High Protein Gluten Free pancakes;

Simply follow the recipe above for making pancakes with gluten free flour.  Add half a cup of sunflower seeds to the mix before cooking.

Sunflower seed pancakes:  Gluten free flours such as besan, or chick pea flour, soy flour, cornmeal and others, are very high in protein.  When you mix these flours together, you increase the quality of protein and make the protein more complete.  By adding eggs, and adding sunflower seeds to the mixture, you end up with a very high quality protein which is easy to digest.  This food is great for people on vegetarian diets.

Easy Gluten Free Recipes

from Canon 279Gluten Free Diet:

Many thanks to Lok for this awesome pic of gluten free food:  Stuffed Red Capsicums With Rice.

Here are a few of my most favourite easy gluten free recipes for you to try.

You also  might like to look at merrilyn’s post entitled ‘Complete List of Gluten Free Foods’ and the cookie site  Gluten Free Cookies.info

This collection of gluten free recipes has to begin with the ‘humble-pie’ cornmeal polenta porridge. Cornmeal, and brown rice, are the two grains which you will use a lot in your gluten free cooking. These are very nutritious, and, with the added help of a bit of soy, or chick pea flour, or arrowroot, you can learn to cook delicious wheat-free dishes: your visitors will never know the difference.

Polenta Porridge is a great way to start the day. You can add a grated apple to the serving of polenta, some olive oil, a dash of butter, or cream, or your favorite sort of milk,  and you have a good,  nourishing, high fiber, gluten free breakfast.

To make Polenta Porridge

  • Take a cup of yellow cornmeal groats.   OR  you can use fine, yellow cornmeal instead.
  • Add a 1/4 tsp of sea salt.
  • If you wish, add 1/2 cup of dates, or sultanas or raisins, to sweeten.
  • Add two cups  and a half of water. Groats are best if you can soak them for an hour, as this quickens the cooking time and results in a softer porridge. If you are using fine yellow cornmeal, then mix the water in slowly as you stir, to get all the lumps out before you begin cooking.
  • Stir the polenta as you cook it over the stove. Once it is bubbling, turn the heat down to low and cook for a further five minutes on gentle heat. Remember to stir frequently.
  • If you can digest butter, then stir  a tablespoon or two of butter nto the cooked polenta,  just before you serve it. Butter renders the polenta ‘delicious’. If you do not wish to use butter, then add a tablespoon of olive oil or grapeseed oil to the plate of polenta. Butter or oils  add nourishment to the polenta, and help digestion and assimilation of vitamins and minerals.
  • You can  add sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and chopped almonds to give the polenta great flavor, texture, and added nourishment.

Flours for Gluten Free Pancakes

  • You can use any combination of these flours to make  gluten free pancakes:
  • Arrowroot
  • Chick pea flour, or ‘Besan’ flour
  • Fine yellow cornmeal
  • Potato flour
  • Rice flour
  • Soy flour
  • Tapioca flour

Here is a combination for Gluten Free Pancakes which works well. These gluten free pancakes are great  rolled up as a sweet, with maple syrup and whipped cream, or simply  lemon juice and heavy brown sugar. Or they can be used with your favorite savory filling.

  • Get your  measuring cup. Put in two tablespoons of chickpea flour, and two tablespoons of fine yellow cornmeal.
  • Top up the cup with arrowroot flour, or soy flour.
  • Break two large eggs in a bowl. Beat slightly.
  • Add half a cup of your favorite milk to the eggs,  and beat again.
  • Add two tablespoons of olive oil, or grapeseed oil to the egg and milk mixture.
  • Add the cup of flour and a pinch of salt. Beat until smooth.
  • Add two more cups of milk. Beat.
  • Finally, add the juice of half a lemon.

Let the mixture stand for an hour before cooking.

Heat your heavy fry pan up. Add a teaspoon of butter, and spread it over the pan. Make sure the pan is hot, and then add a good half cup of batter to the pan. Tilt the pan so that the batter covers the base of the pan. Cook until small bubbles begin to appear in the batter, and it has firmed nicely, then flip and cook the other side.

Fill with your favorite filling.

Delicious Gluten Free  Lemon Pudding

This pudding really is delicious, with a firm custard underneath it, and a light foamy sponge on top. It can be made with dairy milk, or with soy milk if you prefer. I have used coconut milk to make this pudding, and this has also been delicious, and a great hit with the family.

First, preheat your oven to 180C.

  • Two tablespoons of butter
  • 200 gm of sugar
  • Juice of two lemons
  • Two teaspoons of finely grated lemon rind. Make sure you do not get any of the white flesh included, as this gives a bitter taste.
  • Four eggs.
  • One tablespoon of chickpea flour
  • One tablespoon of rice flour
  • One tablespoon of arrowroot or tapioca flour.
  • 250 mls of milk
  • Optional – 2 tablespoons of coconut can be added for variety.

Grease your oven proof dish with a smear of butter, or olive oil.

Cream together the butter, sugar and lemon rind. Add the egg YOLKS. Mix in well, then add the flours, milk and lemon juice. Beat again.

In another clean bowl, beat up the egg whites with a pinch of salt. When peaks have formed, fold this beaten egg white  gently into the first mixture.

Pour into your greased baking dish, and bake for about 25 minutes, or until the pudding is set and browned slightly.

Serve with cream, or stewed fruit.