What do you normally have with your gluten-free stews and casseroles? Do you have bread? Yorkshire puddings? Chips?! I used to love dumplings before I was gluten-free and I believed that you needed suet to make them. To my knowledge, you can't get gluten-free suet (though correct me if I'm wrong and then tell me where to purchase it!) so I figured I'd just have to let them go and keep them as a memory instead.
That is until I learned that you don't need suet at all, and I just so happen to have a recipe to make gorgeous dumplings, courtesy of
this lovely lady who shares her mum's family recipe on her blog. They're easy to tweak so they're gluten-free!
Allie's Mum's Dumplings
1 cup plain gluten-free flour
2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
1/2tsp Xantham gum
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
2tbsp vegetable oil
(optional) 1/2 tsp your choice of herbs - sage and thyme work well with chicken, for example
Sift the flour, baking powder, xantham gum and herbs (if you're using them) into a bowl. Stir in the milk and oil until just mixed and sit spoonfuls of the dough on top of your stew. Cover and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
You can buy gf suet at wholefoods markets and planet organic... it is by community foods... hope that helps about the suet! It is a godsend! Great recipes!
ReplyDeleteIs that in the UK? I'm not sure we have those stores anywhere near Merseyside, if so!
ReplyDeleteA lot of vegetarian suet is coated in rice flour instead of wheat. You can get it in some UK supermarkets and most healthfood shops.
ReplyDeleteThat's good to know, I shall investigate. Thanks!
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