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    Gluten Free Recipes

    Collection of gluten free recipes. I typically substitute plain, all-purpose flour with ground almonds (almond flour), rice flour, oats or with cornflour/arrowroot. The result is that dishes are lighter and cakes are moist using nut flours or cornstarch.

    • Rhubarb Sorbet (Sorbet à la rhubarbe)
    • Oven-Roasted Asparagus (Asperges rôties)
    • Creamy Lemon Ice Cream (Glace au citron)
    • Gratin Dauphinois (Creamy Potato Gratin)
    • French Pea Soup (Potage Saint-Germain)
    • Apple Compote (Compote de Pommes)
    • Thin Buckwheat Pancakes (Galettes de sarrasin)
    • Roasted Pineapple with Sticky Vanilla (Ananas rôti à la vanille)
    • Béarnaise Sauce (Sauce Béarnaise)
    • Healthy Flapjacks (Barres de céréales)
    • Rose Panna Cotta (with Cherry & Cardamom Coulis)
    • Leek and Potato Soup (potage Bonne Femme)
    • Apple Horseradish Sauce
    • Christmas Granola (Granola de Noël)
    • Chocolate Beetroot Cake (Fondant Chocolat-Betterave)
    • Kir Royal (French Cocktail)
    • Milk Chocolate Crème Brûlée with Passionfruit
    • Cheese Waffles (Gaufres au fromage)
    • French Coconut Macaroons (Rochers Coco)
    • Watercress Soup (Soupe au Cresson)
    • Pure Vegetable Soup (Soupe de légumes)
    • Stuffed Mini Pumpkins (Jack Be Little Farcies)
    • Corsican Ricotta Cheesecake (Fiadone)
    • Macaron Tiramisu (gluten free)
    • Corsican Fig Jam (Confiture de Figues)
    • Raspberry Macaron Filling with Rose
    • Roasted Summer Vegetables (Tian de Légumes)
    • Baked Apricots (Abricots Rôtis)
    • Apricot Jam (confiture d'abricot)
    • Spiced Plum Jam (and a Digital Jam Scale Review)
    • Berry Gratin - A Light Crème Brûlée
    • Lemon Verbena Ice Cream (Glace à la verveine)
    • Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Mozzarella
    • Dried Rhubarb Chips
    • Candied Cherry Tomatoes
    • Salted Caramel Macaron Filling
    • Nettle Pesto (Pesto d'Orties)
    • Rhubarb Compote (Compote de Rhubarbe)
    • Maple Granola (Granola au sirop d'érable)
    • French Rice Pudding (Riz au lait)

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