Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / August 2007

this is just an attempt to qualify for the most original post
this month isn't it

From the BBC website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mostof_coeliac3.shtml

"How do I make gluten-free pastry? I thought pastry needed gluten in
order to make the right consistency.
Image: rolling pastry

We have a terrific recipe for both sweet pastry and savoury pastry. Many
people have tasted it and not realised it was gluten-free. It can be
rolled out very easily and is delicious when baked. To prevent it from
being crumbly (something often associated with gluten-free pastry) we
have added xanthan gum to the gluten-free flours before the butter is
rubbed in. Xanthan gum, as stated before, is an invaluable aid for
gluten-free baking and should be in the store cupboard of every person
with coeliac disease."

So it ought to be possible to make your own with gluten-free flour and
xanthan gum

1.  Buy gluten-free sausage rolls
2.  Poke out sausagemeat filling
3.  Poke in pre-cooked salmon and any other ingredients required
4.  Microwave for long enough to heat filling
5.  Grill briefly in order to crisp pastry again

This should be followed by...

6.  Throw whole ghastly mess in bin
7.  Find a less fussy girlfriend

HTH

http://www.ds4you.com/en/ds-products/doughs-flours/puff-pastry-gluten-fr
ee/

http://www.donwiss.com/

I've no idea if this is of any use at all but I'd just read your thread when
a switch of NGs put a thread with this link at the top.  I know it's merkin
but they can be useful.......

HTH
Cheers
DP

ITYF if you stop seeing her the alergy will clear up.

HTH

take a look here: http://www.foodfan.org/

if nothing comes up quickly, drop Diosa an email - she also needs gluten
free and is always in the kitchen concocting.

Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in news:MPG.2130c93cd307e74a98a439
@news.individual.net:

My mum is gluten intolerant.

I order stuff, mainly biscuits, from http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk
Excellent company with a very quick turnaround on orders.

Looking through their catalogue does not show a ready made product. They do
an additive which is a gluten substitute. This supposedly converts the, IME
pretty rubbish, gluten free flours to something with a more traditional
workability. Whether this is what commercial bakers use, I don't know, but
ready made gluten free bakery products have come a long way in the last few
years.
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/316607.html

If you don't fancy having a go making pastry yourself or if Dan's
suggestion does not work then give Goodnessdirect a ring[2]. Their product
range is constantly being added to. As demand increases, with more and more
people choosing[1] to adopt alternative diets this niche market expands.

[1] the choice might be on medical advice as more conditions are better
understood or diagnosed

[2] last minute edit: following from Dan's link I got to
http://www.nutritionpoint.co.uk/ as the UK distributor. They list
goodnessdirect as a retailer. You'll have much better luck with them than
Somerfield or Asda...

Des, it's you isn't it? WTF?