Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Cream Puffs- gluten free

 See video MarthaStewart.com

1 cup water

1 stick butter

1 tsp sugar

Bring to rolling boil

Add flour all at once stir and ****cook in pot for 2-3 minutes till film forms on the bottom of the pan.

***Transfer to a  bowl to cool slightly then...

Add 3-4 eggs (store bought size) incorporating each one at a time

Dough should be sticky but not slick, and hold a stiff peak.

Hot oven 425 15min?--20 minutes til puffed up and lightly browned

Then turn down oven to 325 for another 10-15 minutes


Pastry Cream

https://www.seriouseats.com/vanilla-pastry-cream-creme-patissiere 

  • 2 cups (455g) whole milk

  • 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped (see note)- or vanilla extract

  • 4 ounces granulated sugar (1/2 cup; 115g), plain or toasted

  • 1 ounce (3 tablespoons; 30g) cornstarch

  • 1/4 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume

  • Half whole eggs half yolks-Yolks from 4 large eggs, straight from the fridge (2 1/2 ounces; 70g)

  • 1 ounce unsalted butter (2 tablespoons; 30g), cut into 1/2-inch cubes

 


Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Chili Soup

 Approximate amounts...cook until softened. Can top with cilantro, avocado, sour cream or non dairy sour cream.

2  bell peppers mixed colors (or just red)

1 and half large red onion

1-2 Jalapeno pepper

2-3 large garlic cloves chopped

1 small bunch carrots

1 small celery bunch

1 large kale bunch

1 can of red kidney beans (or your favorite beans)

1/2 can refried beans (I use Amy's Traditional)

1/8  tsp cayenne ground

1 TBSP cumin ground

2-3 tsps chili spice ground

1/4 cup tomato paste

chicken or beef bone broth



Gluten Free Rugelach (can be made Dairy and Egg Free)

 Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until done.

 Rugelach pastry

1/2 cup butter (or 1/4 cup Earth  Balance margarine - 1/4 cup coconut oil for dairy free - I used salted grass fed butter)

1/2 cup cream cheese (or Daiya or other dairy free cream cheese for dairy free- I used Daiya cream cheese)

1 tsp vanilla (could use almond flavor )

2 TBSP sugar

pinch of salt (not necessary if using salted butter)

1 3/4 cup gluten free flour (I used Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF flour) (or can substitute 1/2 cup pecan flour plus 1 1/4 gf flour)

very cold or ice water

1 small egg (optional or add dairy free milk or "flax egg")

Roll out and fill and roll rugelach as you like.


Fillings

Rugelach fillings are endless

I used 4 jams, (pineapple passion fruit, strawberry, raspberry, orange marmalade) raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon and chopped walnuts 

Traditional  is cinnamon sugar. 

Can add chocolate white/dark, any nut type, any jams, jelly, figs, pie fillings, any dried fruits, babka filling.