Sharing gluten free, pescetarian and FODMAP friendly recipes from Melbourne, Australia
This recipe for a grain free vanilla coconut cake comes from my first cookbook, FODMAP friendly. At the time, I’d been dabbling (and still am) in a diet with less grains. They seemed to be (and still are) quite irritating to my digestive system. Paying attention to grains whilst being low FODMAP and vegetarian is…
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Gluten free flours and how to use them A title akin to a recent Harry Potter spin off, and with good reason. Gluten free flours and gluten free baking are magical, elusive beasts at the best of times. Throw in a FODMAP friendly prerequisite? There’s a recipe for fun/disaster. Before we get into the nitty…
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Is this dough strikingly similar to the dough for the honey and lemon thyme pumpkin galette? You have a keen eye – yes it is. Do I have a good reason for reusing this recipe so soon? I wouldn’t say good (does lemon and maple glazed halloumi count as good?) but I’ll outline it anyway.…
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By now you all know that I love me a galette. Having the patience of a youthful chimpanzee, I loathe crimping pastry into neat little fluted tins or shapes. Particularly gluten free pastry, which is fickle at the best of times. You also probably know of my new affinity for quinoa flour, and quinoa pastry.…
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These flourless chocolate rum bundt cakes that I made for Williams Sonoma Australia seem like a fitting recipe to post on my last day in London. The trip theme, inadvertently, seems to have been ‘indulgence to the point of absurdity’ which is why I conclude that rich, boozy chocolate bundt cakes are so very appropriate.…
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Icing is undoubtedly my favourite part of a cake. It is, ironically for me, the opposite of the icing on the cake – it is the cake. As a result, my dilemma is this: I want to eat icing, but I have waistline, dietary, and ethical concerns about eating large quantities of butter and sugar.…
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These strawberry parfaits have been fully inspired by the unfortunate events in the Australian strawberry market of late. You may have read (/if you’re Australian, you won’t have stopped reading) that someone has been placing sewing needles in Australian strawberries. Obviously this is not ideal, and frankly quite concerning, for consumers. However, so too is…
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If I had to choose my favourite flavour of cake, I’d most likely choose banana cake. Sure, chocolate is nice, but can chocolate beat that flavour of roasted ripe bananas? I think not. Banana cake is the cake. In the spirit of honesty, I developed this recipe because I was desperate for a cake to…
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