A gluten free Waitrose Christmas
I love Christmas. Its
wonderful! I love the whole festive month of December. I love the family
atmosphere and the food!! My whole family right up to my Grandma are gluten
free and therefore we loved Waitrose this year sending us samples of their
gluten free Christmas range to taste and share with you and they also asked if
we could include some of our own special Christmas recipes.
Waitrose have out for us
gluten free foodies some great treats this year. Minces Pies, Christmas Cake,
Cake bites, Cake slices and an incredibly scrummy cider and rum Christmas
pudding.
The cake bites are also
dairy free so I whisked them round to a friend who is both and they disappeared
within seconds. A huge thumbs up for both of us for these goodies.
Next up we have their
mince pies. A deep filling but the pastry is quite hard. Some of us liked that
and some of would have preferred a slightly softer style – personal preference
I know but we all agreed the filling tasted fabulous!
The rest were quite
happily by all our reviewers which huge thumbs up for flavour! A non-gluten
free foodie dropped in and didn’t even realise they were gluten free just had
them down as that “gorgeous Waitrose taste!” so from all of us 5 out of 5 stars
Waitrose!
Asparagus Wrapped in Palma Ham
A quick and easy starter
it also makes a great snack at any time of the day! And the best bit? Prepare
them in advance and just pop in the fridge & cover with Clingfilm!
Ingredients
12
Asparagus Spears
6
Slice of Prosciutto
Slice
of butter
Method
Cut the prosciutto in half
down the widest part so you have two narrow strips. Take one and wrap
diagonally down the Asparagus spear. Carry this on through all spear (now you
can pop in the fridge till you’re ready)
Fry up the butter in a
saucepan and pop the spears in the hot butter. Gently fry them for 3-4 until
nicely crispy and toasted. Serve!
See a quick, scrummy
allergy free recipe!
A fabulous version here
from Phil Vickery:
Ingredients
125g castor sugar
100mls cold water
4 medium egg yolks
1 x 397g tins condensed milk
300mls double cream lightly whipped
50g lemon juice
250g crumbled gluten free Christmas cake or
pudding.
Method
Put the sugar and water into a pan and dissolve over a low heat. When
dissolved, turn up heat and then boil for 4 minutes and no longer. After 3
minutes start whisking the egg yolks on the machine until thick. After a minute and once
the sugar is ready, remove the pan from the stove.
Whilst
still whisking, add about ½ of the sugar to the yolks and whisk very well. The
yolks will fluff up very quick so keep whisking for about 30 seconds then add
the rest of the sugar. Whisk on a high speed until cool, about 5 minutes. Add the Condensed milk, cream and lemon juice
and whisk until thick and creamy. Finally add the chopped Christmas cake and
stir well. Freeze overnight.
This is in collaboration
with Waitrose. They provided a selection of the range to review and a gift card
to cover my ingredients. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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