Becky

Chocolate Truffles

GF Chocolate truffles are very easy to make and very hard to stop eating! My recipe is just chocolate ganache chilled until it is solid enough to roll. The quantity of chocolate will vary depending on the type of chocolate – the darker the chocolate used, the higher the ratio of cream to chocolate needsContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Truffles”

Fresh Spring Roll-less Salad

GF DF V Makes a large salad, serving 4 – 8 as a side dish I love the complex flavour and crispy texture of fresh spring rolls! But I have yet to master wrangling rice paper around my fillings into neat, satisfying parcels of deliciousness so I don’t make them very often. Then, the otherContinueContinue reading “Fresh Spring Roll-less Salad”

Mascarpone and Salted Caramel Topped Brownies

GF Yields about 16 small pieces I fought it for a long time. I rationalised it. I had all the arguments down in my head and would readily have shared them with anyone willing to listen (and with those who had no choice but to listen – just ask my husband!). And then I neededContinueContinue reading “Mascarpone and Salted Caramel Topped Brownies”

Naan Bread

GF DF NF Makes 10 naans I don’t make naan bread very often, and when I do, I tend to fill it with cheese to up the taste and try cover the fact that it is gluten free to any wary gluten eaters. So, my initial response to a request for gluten free and dairyContinueContinue reading “Naan Bread”

Lemon Cake

GF NF Yield: 1 single-layer cake Developing this recipe has been a most frustrating process. Until recently, I have done most of my baking without xanthan gum, despite its ubiquity in gluten free baking. I prefer to stick to ingredients that feel familiar (read the same ones as those I used before my coeliac diagnosis,ContinueContinue reading “Lemon Cake”