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Xanthan Gum

Xanthan Gum

So the “Ingredients Alphabet” gig gets a bit tricky with “X” but we have a friend in the cupboard as anything with Gluten is well and truly off the menu here. Xanthan Gum has a cool ability of stop Gluten Free pasty falling apart, it works reasonably well in replacing the elastic properties of Gluten.

So Sue’s Pastry recipe goes a bit like this:-

Ingredients:-

200g Plain Gluten free flour
110g Butter
1 tsp Xanthan Gum
1 Egg beaten with 1 tsp of Milk
Salt

Method:-

(1) Mix all the ingredients as you would with normal pastry.
(2) On a floured board roll your Pastry out.
(3) Press Pastry into your pie tins to form a base and walls.
(4) Add your filling.
(5) Form a lid and stick down with Egg wash if required.
(6) Pop it in the oven at 180c until the filling is piping hot and the Pastry has browned.

Pie, regardless of the filling, needs proper Chips and Beans…...
 

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Garlic Herb Butter Roast Chicken recipeAround the World for £4 or Less. A roast dinner seems pretty British to me!
 
Own local supermarket have started selling twin packs of medium Chickens for £4.50. Not the biggest birds but ideal for us.
 
Ingredients:-
 
1 Chicken (£2.25 on this occasion. Bargain!)
4 cloves of Garlic
Garlic Butter (Make your own)
Olive Oil
1 Lemon
A little White Wine (Optional)
Rosemary
Parsley
Salt & Pepper
 
Method:-
 
(1) Place your Chicken in a roasting tray and pre-heat the oven to 180c.
(2) Cut the Lemon in half.
(3) Mix the juice from half of the Lemon, Olive Oil White Wine, Parsley, Rosemary, Salt and Pepper.
(4) Spread the Garlic Butter over the Chicken skin.
(5) Insert the whole Garlic cloves and the remaining half Lemon into the cavity of the bird.
(6) Pour the marinade into the cavity as well.
(7) Roast covered at 180c for an hour, longer depending of the size of the bird. Until it is cooked and tender.
(8) Uncover and cook for a further 20 minutes to brown.
 
Serve with roast Potatoes and Vegetables of your choice.

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