Kate - Gluten Free Alchemist
Gluten Free recipe developer, traveller, photographer, blogger and visual story teller.
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Hi. I’m Kate Dowse – gluten free recipe developer, traveller, photographer, blogger and Coeliac mum to a Coeliac teenager. At Gluten Free Alchemist, we are passionate about living Coeliac life without limits. Whether developing recipes, eating out, travelling the world or just being Coeliac, we always stay positive about our diagnosis and refuse to let it get in the way of enjoying life. We are without doubt 'Positively Coeliac & Adventurously Gluten Free'. I love working with great free-from brands, with naturally gluten free ingredients and with products that make life fun and adventurous, whether to create inspiring recipes or to let the world know about products through reviews.
All the deliciousness in perfect portions We’ve done the big Simnel Cake and now it’s time to share my gluten free Simnel Traybake… If you need a cake that’s ready to share for a bake sale or party… or to offer to family as individually wrapped Easter treats, the Simnel Traybake is a genius choice. Not only does this ensure plump, juicy fruit, but it means that the fruit won’t suck all the moisture out of the sponge batter when it bakes. If you’ve made Simnel Cake before, you may be wondering why the Gluten Free Alchemist recipe uses ground almonds when other recipes don’t… Or more ground almonds than many recipes which do.
From sticky wet buns and runny custard to dense cakes and dry, cracked biscuits… Knowing your egg size (it seems) is a bit of a science… and it’s important to use the right egg for the recipe. So, when a recipe calls for a ‘large’ egg, this will be the size of the labelled egg as sold (by weight in shell). At Gluten Free Alchemist, we use UK large hen eggs in our bakes and recipes (with an occasional duck or goose egg used for fun and flavour). A quick guide to international egg size to help you find the right size egg for the recipe being used.
… Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Crumble Bars are incredibly moreish. And with that, these Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Crumble Bars promise happiness on the most delectable scale. Any balanced gluten free flour blend should work fine for Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Crumble Bars. … My recipe for totally delicious, gooily moreish Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Crumble Bars.
Deliciously tangy Orange Meringue Pie recipe with an (optional) gluten free Lime and Walnut Pastry. For the gluten free among us, I’ve written a super-helpful guide and recipe to making great basic gluten free shortcrust pastry. The recipe shared here for my Orange Meringue Pie however, uses a delicious gluten free Lime and Walnut Shortcrust Pastry. Although not compulsory (it’s your pie after all), the walnut definitely enriches the flavour notes and pairs deliciously against the lime and orange.