Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Gluten-Free Goodness

So I havn't had much of a chance to entertain this year so far, but I've come up with a Gluten free Crumble recipe that is superbly crunchy and if you have it without cream or ice cream, then it's Dairy free too!


1/2 cup Coconut
1/4 cup Ground Almond
1 1/4 cups Porridge Oats
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Gluten free self raising flour
5 Tbsp Margarine (melted)

3 cups stewed fruit

So we'll start with the stewed fruit. There are many different types of fruit that can make many  different fillings. The easiest way to do it is to take your fruit, remove the core/seeds/pip and skin if necessary. then chop into roughly the same size chunks and put into a sauce pan with a little butter (about a tablespoon) and some sugar. Add the sugar in amounts depending on how sweet you like things.

Me, I'm not so big on overly sweet, so only about 2 tablespoons of brown sugar does the trick.
Turn your pot onto a medium heat, and stir it as it ccomes to the boil. You want your fruit to be just cooked until soft, because it will continue to cook in the oven. the less you stir Rhubarb though, the more that it will keep it's shape.

Some neat ideas could be apricots, rhubarb, blueberries, mangoes, peaches or just plain ole' apples.

Once cooked, put it evenly into the bottom of your baking dish thusly:


Now for your Crumble, simply mix everything up in a bowl, and then put it on top of the stewed fruit. I find it is best to make it light as possible by not pushing it down, this makes it extra crumbly!

Bake it in a 180 degree celsius oven for about 25-30 mins, until the top is nice and golden brown. Allow to stand about ten minutes before serving. Bon Appetite!


Happy Eating Everyone!
-Ary