Gluten Free Dessert Ideas?
Cooking for a gluten free friend in a couple of weeks and would love to include dessert.
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10 Comments:
you could always just do some fresh fruit?
gastronomeg at 12:31PM on 10/20/09
There's lots you can do!
- pudding
- fruit crisp (use rolled quinoa or gf oats for the topping, or just use chopped nuts and brown sugar)
- mousse
- ice cream (depending on flavor). Turtle Mountain does have a gf cookie dough ice cream
- make a pie using gf cookies for the crust
KarynMC at 12:37PM on 10/20/09
Lots of great recipes here-
http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2008/05/gluten-free-dessert-recipes.html
http://www.landolakes.com/mealideas/gluten-free-recipes.cfm
Meringues
Fresh fruit and whipped cream
Flan or creme brulee
Pumpkin custard
Rice pudding
Port poached pears
Fruit compote
Coconut macaroons
Baked apples with caramel sauce
Flourless chocolate cake with dark glaze
CJ McD at 12:55PM on 10/20/09
how about a flourless chocolate cake? Only 3 ingredients, super easy to make and very impressive!
Or fruit dipped in chocolate?
Or caramel dipped apples?
orchidgirl at 1:23PM on 10/20/09
Two alternatives that are not just cut up fruit on a plate.
strawberry kanten recipe... it's super crazy good!!!
Poached pears with blue cheese - to me it tastes as if it came from a restaurant.
MadelynRodriguez at 1:37PM on 10/20/09
I like to bake brownies and substitute white rice flour for the all purpose flour. They were famous among my gluten-free ex's family.
Carrot cake also adapts well to being made with a gluten free flour blend.
Vegetarianka at 2:23PM on 10/20/09
My wife and father inlaw are celiacs and I have the Ultimate Recipe
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/throwdown-with-bobby-flay/red-velvet-cupcakes-recipe/index.html
I use Pamelas mix of Gluten free flour - they are to die for, I usually half the recipe as it makes like 16 super large muffins, also you will need to add more flour then the recipe calls for, just keep adding until it seems "right" but the icing is the bomb. In fact you could simply make the icing and put it on a spoon and people would love it.
BiereBeer at 4:09PM on 10/20/09
i've made this many times, and everyone loves it.
Elizabeth David's Flourless Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
4 oz. bittersweet chocolate
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. brewed espresso (or any other strong brewed coffee)
1 tbsp. brandy
6 tbsp. butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup ground almonds
3 eggs, divided
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 300°F. Butter an 8-inch springform pan.
2. In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate with vanilla and brewed espresso and brandy.
3. Add butter, sugar, and almonds and heat the mixture until the butter has melted. Remove the pan from the heat and cool slightly.
4. Beat the 3 egg yolks until they are lemon colored and stir them into the chocolate mixture.
5. Whip the 3 egg whites until they are just stiff and fold them into the chocolate mixture.
6. Turn the batter into the pan and bake the cake in the middle of the over for 45 minutes. The cake will have some cracks on top, and a tester inserted into the cake will not come out clean. Let the cake cool completely on a rack and remove the sides of the pan. The cake will rise and then fall.
cybercita at 7:42PM on 10/20/09
I posted a similar query a little while ago: http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2009/06/glutenfree-gift-basket-ideas.html
I put together a pretty big selection of stuff, but the Gluten Free Girl brownies were the biggest hit among both gluten-free AND gluten eating people! Really easy too. I topped them with an Irish cream flavored buttercream icing made from butter, confectioner's sugar, and St. Brendan's Irish Cream (while Bailey's doesn't have anything in it that *should* have gluten, St. Brendan is certified gluten-free). You could easily leave them plain or do an icing without the Irish cream to make it alcohol free.
cycorider at 11:06AM on 10/21/09
I used to make a gluten-free chocolate mousse pie using ground gluten-free cookies for the crust and a "mousse" made from silken tofu and melted dark chocolate. I will try to find the recipe -- most people can't believe it is gluten free!
lauracarmen at 1:35PM on 10/21/09