Tag: Gluten-Free

Beetroot Moist Cake

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Gluten free delicious red cake… no food colourant required!

Ingredients

  • 200 gr Beetroot
  • 1/2 cup Almond butter
  • 1/3 cup Maple syrup
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Almond flour
  • 2 tbsp Rice flour
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 pinch of Salt

Blend the beetroot in the food processor. Add the eggs, almond butter and maple syrup and blend until smooth. In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients. Add the beetroot mix and whisk until it’s a smooth thick batter. Oil a cake tin ans sprinkle with flour. Pour in the cake mix. Bake in hot oven (180°C) for approximately 30 minutes.

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Almond and Ricotta Cake

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For almond fans, a fluffy combination of creamy mascarpone and almond flavour…

Ingredients

  • 130 gr of Sugar
  • 300 gr of Almond Flour
  • 250 gr Ricotta
  • 4 Eggs
  • 130 gr of Butter
  • 1 Lemon Zest
  • 4 tbsp Almond Flakes
  • Pinch of Salt

Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until it’s fluffy. Add the melted butter, ricotta cheese and lemon zest and Add the almond flour. Mix well. On another bowl, whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks. Gently incorporate in the cake mix.

Cover a cake tin with baking paper and brush over with melted butter. Pour in the cake mix. Wet the almond flakes and sprinkle over the cake. Bake in pre heated oven at 160°C for about 40 minutes.

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Bell Pepper Salad with Parsley Dressing

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Bell Pepper Salad with Parsley Dressing

Crunchy and colourful salad with a zingy dressing and poppy seeds for colour contrast.

Ingredients

  • 1 red Bell Pepper
  • 1 orange Bell Pepper
  • 1 yellow Bell Pepper
  • 1 Lemon juice
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1 Parsley Bunch
  • 100 ml of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 pinch of Salt
  • Pepper
  • 1 tbsp of Poppy seeds

Clean the peppers of seed and cut into cubes. In a blender put the parsley, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Blend until we’ll mixed. Pour over the peppers and stir. Sprinkle with the poppy seeds.

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Balsamic Smoked Salmon

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Balsamic Salmon

Light and fresh, this salmon is perfect for breakfast or as an appetiser.

Ingredients

  • 150 gr of Smoked Salmon
  • 1 Coriander Bunch
  • 2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 tbsp of Balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tbsp of Balsamic glaze
  • 1 pinch of Salt
  • Pepper

Cut the salmon in small pieces. Season with salt and pepper. Chop the coriander. Pour the olive oil and balsamic over the salmon and sprinkle with the coriander.

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Stir-fry Cherry Tomatoes

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Stir-fry Cherry Tomatoes

Couldn’t be any simpler, yet the amazing taste these tomatoes gain during the cooking is quite surprising.

Ingredients

  • 150 gr of cherry Tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 tbsp of Balsamic vinegar
  • Fresh Thyme

Heat up the olive oil in a shallow pan. Add the tomatoes and keep stirring for a few minutes. Sprinkle the balsamic vinegar. Stir and remove from the heat. Sprinkle with fresh thyme.

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Watercress Soup

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Watercress Soup

Delicious and light, this soup is ready in no time. Perfect as a starter or as a light meal on the end of a busy day.

Ingredients

  • 1 Carrot
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 Leek
  • 1 Potato
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 3 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1,5 lt Water
  • 50 of Watercress
  • 1 pinch of Salt
  • Pepper

Peel and cut into chunks all the vegetables except the watercress. Fill a pan with the water, add some salt and bring to boil. Add the vegetable chunks and olive oil. Cook for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat. Blend until smooth. Add the watercress and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve and drizzle with some olive oil.

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Stir-fry Cabbage

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Stir-fry Cabbage

A super easy and tasty way to eat cabbage. It is great as a side dish but with just a few ingredients added can turn into a one pot meal.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Savoy Cabbage
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 3 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 cup of Water
  • 1 pinch of Salt
  • Pepper

Cut the cabbage into big chunks. Peel the onion and garlic. Slice the onion and chop the garlic. Heat the olive oil. Add the onion, garlic and bay leaf. Stir-fry until golden. Add the cabbage and stir until it wilts. Season with salt and pepper. Stir for a few minutes until it gains some colour. If necessary add a little bit of water to avoid it sticking to the bottom of the pan.

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Crème Brûlée

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Crème Brûlée

A guaranteed success at any dinner party. It requires patience although it is quite simple to make.

Ingredients

  • 5 dl of double Cream
  • 50 gr powdered Sugar
  • 5 Egg yolks
  • 1/2 Vanilla pod
  • 50 gr demerara Sugar

Divide the cream into two halves. Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape the seeds into one half of the cream. Warm the vanilla cream over slow heat. Whisk the yolks with the powdered sugar. Add the cold half of the cream and whisk. Add the warm cream and fold in gently. Heat the oven to 95°C. Pour the mix into indidual ramequins. Place in the fridge for 2 hours. Place the ramequins in a tray with water. Bake in the oven for about one hour, until the mix is floppy and just about solidified. Pour sugar over each ramequin and use a kitchen torch to caramelize the top.

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