Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Calzone Dough GFCF

3.5 cups Pamela's flour mix
2.5 tsp. yeast
1 egg
2 tsp. baking powder
1.25 cups warm water
1/4 cup oil

Mix all ingredients thoroughly then use an ice cream scoop to scoop out a ball onto tortilla press lined with parchment paper. Press into a circle and transfer to baking sheet. Put in fillings then fold and press edges down, cut vents, bake.

Delicious Herbed Lime Rice

I made this to go with carne asada burritos, inspired by Chipotle's lime rice.

1 onion, diced
olive oil
2 cups rice (I used Trader Joe's organic basmati rice)
4 cups chicken broth
Trader Joe's 21-Seasoning Salute, or Mrs. Dash
Juice of 1 fresh lime
Salt to taste
Chopped fresh green herbs such as chives, garlic chives, cilantro, etc.

In a pot with a lid, saute the onion in some olive oil. Add the rice and stir for a minute or two until it's coated with oil. Add the chicken broth, juice of 1 lime, and seasonings, and bring to boil. Turn down the heat, cover the pot, and steam the rice for about 20 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed. Stir in chopped green herbs (I used garlic chives from my garden).

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free GFCF Apple Roses



About 2.5 cups Pamela's flour mix
1/2 cup cooking oil
1/2 cup milk substitute (I used Trader Joe's unsweetened coconut beverage)

2-3 apples with pink or red skin
1 lemon
Cinnamon and sugar

Oil Crust:
Preheat oven to 400. Quickly mix flour, oil, and milk substitute in a bowl using your hands (I wear disposable gloves). Don't overwork the dough, and it should look "marbled", not uniform in color. It will be on the damp side. If it's soggy add a little more flour. If making a pie, press half the mixture into a pie plate. You can also roll it out between sheets of parchment paper or plastic wrap but keep in mind this is wetter than traditional dough.

If making tarts or roses, press a walnut-sized ball of dough into a parchment-lined muffin tin. For the roses, sprinkle the inside of each tart liberally with cinnamon-sugar.

Core and thinly slice the apples, add a little water and juice of one lemon, and microwave for about 2 minutes or until the slices are pliable but not falling apart. (See video below.)

Lay out about eight apple slices in a row on the counter, overlapping them as shown in the video. Roll up the slices (it will be harder to keep them together than in the video which uses puff pastry to help, but just do the best you can and they will look great) and place the roll of slices in the dough in the muffin tin. It should look like a rose. Sprinkle the tops generously with cinnamon-sugar and bake for about 20 minutes. Remove the parchment muffin liners and cool apple roses on a rack.

See this video for how to roll up the roses. She uses puff pastry so just ignore that part. I also didn't use apricot preserves, and I think other apples are prettier and tastier than red delicious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rGrwvEjZIQ