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Gluten Free Bread – Dan Lepard

Just remembered that I meant to post this one as I said in a post called Gluten Free Seems Hot Right Now a while back that I would have a go at Dan Lepard’s Gluten Free Bread and here are the pics, mostly from the iPad which doesn’t have the best camera in the world.

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This is an easy one to mix though I had to hunt around before I could find the psyllium husk powder loose for sale which I did at Scoopaway on the Gloucester Road, Bristol. They were surprised when I told them what it was going to be used for! It also proved a good place to buy the large quantity of cornflour (cornstarch in American English – the white stuff!) that you need for this recipe. Continue reading

P is for Plums

P is for Plums, Poodles, Peas, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Potager, Present and Past, Possibilities, Principles, Palaver, Print, Plumpness and Poetry. I think I’m going to plump for Plums!

I love them you see, particularly English ones, like early Victorias with their yellow and pink speckled skins and their greenish insides, little wild mirabelles gathered from ornamentals in the park, or just plucked from a tree branch overhanging the street,  eaten fresh as they are, or in a plum sorbet, or baked in a crumble, as a cake topping, ruby jam liquifying on a buttery crumpet in the middle of winter, or spicy in a chutney with roast potatoes….

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