For my gluten-avoiding friends

[redbird]

nnaloh, who also has to avoid gluten, has come up with gluten-free soup dumplings, using a gluten-free flour and a very small amount of xanthan gum. I've not tried this recipe (I make matzoh balls about every other year, and no other dumplings--matzoh balls aren't remotely gluten-free, but our household doesn't need to avoid gluten), but I trust Nalo.

Comments

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Huh. I didn't know she was gluten-free! Thanks for sharing (I'm not, but good friends are)

[fjm.livejournal.com]

You can make gluten free matzoh balls by grinding gluten free high fibre crackers. It works exactly as matzohmeal does.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that! If I ever need dumplings I now know it can be done. :)

[nnaloh.livejournal.com]

Not free, but avoidant. I won't get horribly sick if I eat it, but I will bloat up like the new moon. With most grains, in fact.

[nnaloh.livejournal.com]

fjm, have you a brand name? Because I miss matzoh balls something fierce.

[fjm.livejournal.com]

I use Trufree but I don't know if you can get this in the US. (www.trufree.co.uk). They are simply called High Fibre Crackers. But you need to look for a fairly thin and gluten free "cracker". Anything that looks like a cracker would probably work.

[redbird]

FYI, nnaloh is Canadian; I don't know if that affects the availability of that particular brand, but Toronto is the sort of place where you can get all sorts of things.

[fjm.livejournal.com]

:) we are long time friends. Not sure why I said US.

Canada and the UK have greater market crossover than the UK and the US but it's not absolute.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

If the occasion ever comes up, I shall make a point not to feed you grains.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

More things to pass on to my celiac friend, thanks!

[beginning.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how much I love you. I requested dumplings in my soup and my mother refused to do it since it would just make me feel worse. Thank you for making this sick celiac very happy today.

[redbird]

Oh, good. I'm always glad when someone has a practical use for the things I pass along. I hope you feel better soon.

[nnaloh.livejournal.com]

*bows* much appreciated. And it turns out that the addition of xanthan gum may not be necessary.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Xanthan gum? That's the stuff, when you chew it, you start writing books short on plot but long on bad puns?