This recipe is great either as dainty cupcakes or a larger loaf cake. Ensure you use dairy and wheat free ingredients as always. Decorated with mini eggs as it’s almost Easter 🙂
These recipes are much harder to perfect and have taken me and my mum over 10 years to experiment and perfect. Steal some of the best advice and impress with your knowledge of ingredients.
For further reference, WF refers to wheat free, DF for dairy and WDF for both. Indicated by an asterix.
An old fashioned tea party tradition in many parts of England. Delicious with clotted cream and jam. Unfortunately not so great for those with intolerances.
Make a simple batch of fairy cakes using the all-in-one method with 8oz (225g). Add the rind of 3 clementines. Cook as usual. Once cooked, remove to a cooling rack. When cooled ice with icing made with the zest of clementines. Decorate with orange zest or delights. Simple. Use the normal wheat and dairy free ingredients to make these for your special guests!
Simple, quick, delicious, asian. What more could you ask for? I first made this when I was about 10 from a recipe book I received as a gift so I’m not joking when I say this is easy to make. Prepare in advance to allow for marination and the extra flavour!
These macaroons are simply devine. They make perfect presents or gifts for a dinner party. Enjoy many different flavour and colour combinations – the brighter the better! Normally made with whipped cream, sandwich instead with a simple buttercream, coloured if desired, to make the dairy free!
These chocolate pots of joy are delicious and easy to bake wheat and dairy free. Make for your guests or devour yourself!!
With Shrove Tuesday almost upon us once again it is definitely time to get the old favourite recipe out for French-style pancakes. The old tradition includes leaving the batter to rest for half an hour but this isn’t necessary. Make with wheat free flour and almond milk for an alternative.
Use a cherry brandy for added ‘berryness’. Easily adapted for a wheat and dairy free alternative. Serve with some vanilla ice cream.
This is delicious and no-one would know that it’s wheat and dairy free if you didn’t let them in on the secret. As always use the normal alternatives, pure butter and doves flour. Serve with chocolate ice cream for that added WOW!
This recipe could be made with a packet of normal sausagemeat. However, for those with a wheat intolerance, use Musks Sausages instead. A quick and easy weekday dinner.
This crust is quick to make, gets smothered over the side of salmon and is baked like normal. A lovely addition to an everyday dinner. Takes it to a whole new level. Yum!
Blend 1/2 basil plant and 100g pistachio nuts in a food processor, add 4 oz pure butter. Season well. Using a palette knife smooth over the side of salmon (or cod works well) before cooking, uncovered, in an oven like normal.
Bung this in a crock pot (slow cooker) when you get up and serve in the evening. No hassle. Delicious. Easy. Wheat and dairy free. Done.
This can easily be made wheat free with wheat free biscuits instead of digestives but cannot be dairy free yet unfortunately. Try lemon cheesecake instead by substituting the chocolate with the zest and juice of a lemon.
A quick starter or a light dinner. Buy the bacon jam from my uncle’s business here.
Another easy-to-turn wheat and dairy free meal. Simple change the normal breadcrumbs to WDF breadcrumbs! Be careful not to overcook the lamb, better under-done than over 🙂 Another good idea for a dinner party.
INGREDIENTS
2 x Rack of lamb, french trimmed (all meat and fat trimmed off the bone)
2 oz breadcrumbs
2 oz parsely
4-5 walnuts, chopped finely
1 tbsp walnut oil (or something similar)
1 zest of lemon
salt and pepper
1 egg, beaten
METHOD
PREP: 15 minutes
COOK: 25 minutes
DIFFICULTY: easy
The soft, sharp filling contrasts beautifully with the crisp, sweet pastry case. This is another tasty dish to take to a friends for dinner or cook for a dessert for those dairy free alternatives. The recipe is slightly unusual in that it uses a sweet shortcrust pastry so add 3oz caster sugar and 2 extra egg yolks to a normal WDF shortcrust pastry as made here. It may need some extra wheat-free flour to soak the additional liquid to get it to rolling consistency. Chilling in the fridge for 30 minutes before working with the pastry will help the process.
My mum and I made these for a New Years Eve dinner party. No-one guessed they were dairy free (and wheat free!!!!)… Chocolate! Absolutely delicious, could easily be a restaurant or shop dessert. Simple to make, needs a little time to set however.
Another recipe from my Granny, we used to get treated to this after school a lot. If you don’t have any leftover gravy try adding 2 tbsp each of tomato puree and water. This is extremely easy to make it a wheat and dairy free version. Ensure the potatoes are lump free!! Make it look posher if you have guests by piping the mash potato in either long strips or lots of pyramid tops. If you haven’t got dairy-free guests add some cheddar cheese to the mash for a richer topping.
This can be turned wheat and dairy free by simply changing the loaf of bread used for the breadcrumbs. So quick to make and is enjoyable for the whole family to get involved with – great for little children to get their hands messy whilst helping to cook.
A great way to use up leftover bread and/or milk from Christmas celebrations. Use WDF bread and almond milk to change it to wheat and dairy-free alternatives for those with intolerances.
This is a favourite in our household to smother over the Christmas pudding for Christmas Day. Make with dairy free butter for an alternative for those with food intolerances. Add more or less alcohol as required but make sure it’s not too sloppy.
After the marzipan layer this is the next step in preparing the Christmas Cake, do this today to allow the icing to dry out. Decorate with bought sugar icing decorations or family traditional hand-me-downs to make a Christmas scene.
It has come to that time of year again when the Christmas Cake, cooked and fed with alcohol, needs marzipan and icing before decorating for the festivities. TOP TIP for the fruit cake: Feed it with brandy every two weeks prior to decorating it by pricking with a small fork and pouring a few tablespoons over the top and letting it soak, flipping the cake and repeating next time.
Such a simple and delicious week-day dinner. Add parmesan cheese for that added something (or cheddar). Add peas at the last moment, and just heat through, to make it a traditional Crosby spag bol. Simply change the packet of pasta to make it wheat and dairy free, easily bought from most large supermarkets. The mince is naturally wheat and dairy free anyway. Make it veggie with quorn mince.