Monday, October 25, 2010

Pie

Fall, Holiday seasons are celebrated with PIE! When you are following a Wheat-free / Gluten-free diet what to do?...
I prefer going to Farmers Market or Organic Market and buying fresh fruit in season, including pumpkin and making a thick jam with them. Recently I did;
Peach + fresh Ginger Jam
Pumpkin + Cinnamon + Nutmeg + dried Ginger + Clove Jam
Apple + Cinnamon + lemon juice Jam
Strawberry Jam
...
1 part of fruit combined with 1 part of brown sugar + citrus. Boil it down in low heat.
After my jams are at the consistency that I want, I cool it down, put them in glass containers and keep them refrigerated.
If I want to use them as pie;
Gluten-free cookie that I like (mine is Aleia's oatmeal & golden raisin) crumble it on the bottom of my plate, put pumpkin jam warm and whipped cream on top...or gluten-free ice-cream. YUM! you can also make a pie crust;
Crumble Aleia's Cookies and mix it with melted butter. push it down on the pie plate. fill it with your choice of jam, and refrigerate it.

My neighbor gave me a recipe that she spotted in our local newspaper. CeliacSupportGroup.com published the following Gluten-Free Pie Crust Recipe:
1 cup white rice flour
1/2 cup potato starch
1/4 cup tapioca flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
1 large egg, beaten
1 tablespoon apple cider or white vinegar
3 to 4 tablespoon ice water

Let me know how yours turn out!

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