Homemade Gluten Free Pasta Gluten Dairy Free Food

HOMEMADE GLUTEN FREE PASTA (GLUTEN & DAIRY FREE)

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix together the gluten free flour and xanthan gum until evenly distributed.
• Make a well in the middle of the flour + xanthan mixture and crack in the eggs. Scramble the eggs slightly and start mixing in the flour + xanthan mixture. Eventually, you will end up with a slightly sticky pasta dough.If the dough doesn't come together in a ball and feels crumbly or dry (this can happen if you use a different gluten free flour blend from the one recommended in the recipe), you can add another egg at this point. If, on the other hand, the dough feels too wet or soft, you can add a small amount of additional flour.
• Turn the pasta dough onto a generously floured surface and knead it for 2 - 3 minutes, until you get a smooth ball of pasta dough.Because this is a gluten free pasta dough, there's no gluten to stretch and "activate", but kneading ensures a smooth dough with no flour clumps.
• Cut the dough into four evenly sized pieces. Wrap the three pieces of dough you won't use immediately in cling film so that they don't dry out.
• Flatten one piece of gluten free pasta dough and flour it generously on both sides. Pass the flattened piece through the pasta machine, starting on the widest setting. You will stay on this setting for a few minutes, so get comfy. (See also Note 2)Different pasta machines can have different widest settings, so that the "widest" setting can produce pasta sheets of different thicknesses. In my case, the widest setting gives pasta sheets about 2 mm thick, which is actually quite thin compared to some other machines.
• Fold the rolled-out pasta dough like a book or letter (into thirds, see step-by-step pictures in text) and dust the outsides with flour. Turn the piece by 90 degrees (so that the smooth edges are left-right, not top-bottom) and feed it again through the machine. Repeat this process until you get a smooth, velvety gluten free pasta sheet. (See also Note 2)I repeated the folding + rolling steps 5 times before I got a perfectly smooth pasta sheet.
• Generously dust the pasta sheet with gluten free flour and feed it through the next narrower setting on the pasta machine. (Note that there's no more folding!) Keep reducing the settings until you get to a sheet about 1 mm thick.For me, that was just one setting down from the widest one, but it might be different on your pasta machine.
• Using a knife or the cutting setting on your pasta machine, cut the gluten free pasta sheet into tagliatelle (about 1/3 inch / 1 cm wide).
• Toss the cut pasta in some more flour and shape it into a nest.
• To dry the gluten free pasta, place it on a cooling/drying rack near a source of heat (radiator or fireplace in winter, kitchen counter in summer) and leave it to dry at least overnight.
• The next day, check the pasta for dryness - if it still feels damp, leave it for an extra few hours or a day.
• For the first few days after making it, keep the dried gluten free pasta in an opened container. The pasta may still be a bit damp on the inside and closing the container may lead to mould formation.
• After that, keep the dried pasta in a closed container in a dry place. It should keep for at least 2 - 3 weeks.
• To cook the fresh (not dried) gluten free pasta, place it in boiling water, seasoned with a pinch of salt, for 4 - 8 minutes, depending on how well-cooked you like it.
• To cook the dried gluten free pasta, place it in boiling water, seasoned with a pinch of salt, for 6 - 10 minutes, depending on how well-cooked you like it.

GLUTEN AND DAIRY FREE PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a skillet pan, heat the olive oil and add the onions with about 1 tsp of salt and cook for about 4-5 minutes until golden and cooked well. Add the garlic and cook them with the onions for about 1 minute.
• Add the Garbonzo flour to the onions and stir in well. Add the milk and whisk it in and make sure that there are no lumps of flour.
• Add the salt, pepper, and any other herbs and seasonings that would be preferred.
• Cook Med/High until thickened. You may need to add some more milk if the sauce gets too thick, about 1/4 cup at a time if needed. If the sauce is too thin, add 1 tbsp of flour more at a time until it reaches the right consistency.
• Add the cheese and cook until melted.
• P.S.: when I made this in the tuna casserole, I put the cooked, drained, pasta into a large baking dish, poured the sauce over the pasta and sprinkled the cheese on top, rather than cook the cheese into the sauce. Baked this at 375 for about 15 minutes and the cheese melted. It was delicious!

WHITE SAUCE (GLUTEN & DAIRY FREE)

Steps:

• In a warm saucepan mix margarine and flour together, stirring quickly.
• When combined and melted add milk slowly, stirring quickly.
• Add honey.
• Simmer whilst stirring and serve with wheat-free pasta, rice noodles, roast beef, potatoes or use in a lasagna.
• I even use it instead of margarine on crackers with salmon or avacado.

DAIRY FREE CHICKEN PASTA PRIMAVERA (GLUTEN FREE)

Steps:

• Heat oil (I use canola oil here) reserving 2 tbs.
• Add rice flour and stir until bubbling and cook just 1 minute over medium-high heat.
• Gradually add the chicken stock 1/4 cup at a time whisking with each addition until a sauce like consistency is reached, may or may not use all stock as amount was approximate.
• Remove from heat and add Helmans olive oil mayonnaise to be soy free. Mix and return to heat whisking for 1/2 -1 minute.
• Remove from heat and adjust seasoning with sea salt.
• Heat remaining 2 tbs oil (I use olive oil in this case) in a frying pan and brown chicken peices lightly adding sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
• Add frozen peas to chicken and cook a minute or 2 until no longer frozen.
• Steam carrots and mushrooms individually in salted water until cooked to desired tenderness.
• Mix all together.
• Serve on top of freshly boiled rice pasta in small desired shape and sprinkle with paprika for colour.
• Enjoy!