More gluten/soy/dairy free successes

[alias_sqbr]

Almond roulade. I made this hazelnut roulade recipe using almond meal and Orgran chocolate mousse and it was tasty. I intend on making it with hazelnuts when my family comes over this weekend. This recipe uses the egg yolk too which could be interesting.

And again, that's a soy and dairy and egg free chocolate mousse mix from Orgran. It's basically cocoa, sugar, and vegetable gum and tasted kind of funny by itself, but made a nice cake filling. Obviously it's not vegan once you put it inside meringue but there's other options :) I could only find this is health food stores.

The soy&dairy free almond dark chocolate from the Woolworths health food section, it has a name like "Artisan". One of the nicer dark chocolates I've eaten.

Corn tortillas from Coles. They're small and dry and crack fairly easily so don't suit burritos, but make a nice toasted sandwich with chicken and avocado. Searching online they're often used in a kind of mexican lasagna which could be interesting. Would probably be much tastier with cheese :/

The gluten free muesli from "Food for health life foods", bought from coles. A bit over sweet, but nice mixed with more plain cereals like Amaranth, and unlike a lot of mueslis doesn't have coconut.

Also I just encountered the idea of tamales and am intrigued.

Comments

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I wanna do Tamales!
Hkneale has promised me that one day we will... but it's so hard to try and get us into the same space at the same time...
:-/

[alias_sqbr]

Do you anywhere in perth that sells the ingredients? I'm not sure I've sen dried corn husks anywhere, though admittedly I wasn't looking.

[aphd3l.livejournal.com]

Mmm, sounds fantastic!!!

Hot tamale? :)

[alias_sqbr]

Actually, very bland chili-and-cheese-free tamale :) It's funny how mexican food has gone from "Too much stuff I can't eat" to "Has more stuff I can eat than most other cuisines"...

[aphd3l.livejournal.com]

you know, that really does sound delicious, I feel so terrible going out to restaurants, and picking the least painful meal...if we can find a way to have the flavours without the things that hurt, then I'm all ears.

Let me know how it goes please??

[alias_sqbr]

Don't hold your breath, the ingredients may be hard to track down.

For a dodgy simpler version there's always polenta :)

[seaya.livejournal.com]

"Hot tamale" is a phrase that is misinterpreted. It means temperature hot.

[alias_sqbr]

Ahhhh. Well then, yes, hot tamales :)

[aquaplanage.livejournal.com]

I had some for the first time next to the Zocalo (near the Aztec ruins there) a few years ago and was transported.

They don't have to be spicy, they don't have to be cheesy (at all I think) but they are SO GOOD! Wow.

[alias_sqbr]

I am imagining a tamale stand and aztec ruins on Babylon 5.. :D (googling that taught me the proper meaning of the term, which I hadn't actually encountered before)

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Use the real corn tortillas for authentic Mexican tacos, which usually don't have cheese, just fried onions and cilantro and a squeeze of lime with whatever meat you choose.

Also, tamales are yum.

Chicken tamales are the best, also you can make sweet pineapple tamales. If you can't get the corn husks by you, a pacific islander type store should have banana leaves.

[alias_sqbr]

Thanks for the suggestions!

I was thinking there'd be some way to use them to make something taco-y (the deep fried sort which are the deafult here of too fatty for my tummy)

Ooh, banana leaves, you're right, I probably can find those easier. I mean, I can get fresh corn husks very easily, but I assume that's not the same.

*make a mental note to investigate some more*

[seaya.livejournal.com]

You just heat up the tortillas on a pan and should be good, provided they are the real, good corn tortillas. Then you can put them in a basket with a clean tea towel around them to keep them warm, and you can make the tacos as you like.

Like, you can have stuff your husband can eat and you can't and he can pick different toppings.

Most places use 2 tortillas per taco, if they are the small size.

Banana leaves are even used in some places in Central America. But I was sure they were easier to get in Oz than dry corn husks :).

[alias_sqbr]

*decides to kill time while waiting for meat for dinner to defrost a bit by answering email*
*rereads your comment*
*considers having kangaroo tacos...* :)

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Yes, kangaroo tacos sound good!

[alias_sqbr]

I started reading up on south american cuisine and got overwhelmed by all the possibilities (today was a very brain-sapping day), so ended up giving up and making stirfry but I will definitely make them eventually :)

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Can you eat fish? I recommend ceviche!

(Mexican food isn't South American, you know that right? ;))

[alias_sqbr]

*cough* I knew that! (I have the worst sense of geography ever, I keep looking at maps and going "Wait, Belgium has a coastline?)

Fish yes, acid no :/

EDIT: News article that *just* came up in my rss feed :D

[velithya]

I had a (gluten-free!) tamale at the Smithsonian Museum of the Native American on the mall in Washington DC last year. All the food in their little food court was labelled with its allergens/dietary information, so it was pretty easy to wander around and find things I could eat. Very tasty :3

[alias_sqbr]

I will keep that in mind for the next time I'm there :)