Another #FreeFromFavourite ! Blueberry Muffins

Apologies to those with egg allergies, as tonight I made these with the single egg the recipe required, I wasn't quite brave enough to go straight to fully "freeform" as this is a regular buttermilk blueberry muffin recipe I adapted.

Free from - Wheat, gluten, corn, dairy, soya and plenty of other things!
Preheat the Oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4

Ingredients

• 175g/6oz Dove's Farm self raising flour
• 175g/6oz caster sugar
• 175ml/6 fluid oz of buttermilk replacement - buttermilk is a dense liquid with raising properties, so I substituted 4 fl oz of rice cream, 2 fl oz rice milk and an extra teaspoon of baking powder
• 40g/1.5oz Pure Sunflower margarine - melted but cooled
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 150g/5oz fresh blueberries

Method

• Dry Bowl - Combine the flour, sugar and extra baking powder
• Wet bowl - melt margarine a little, whisk with egg, vanilla, rice cream and rice milk.
• Mix the wet bowl contents with the dry bowl. 
• Fold in the blueberries until mixed but slightly lumpy.
• Spoon into muffin cases (makes 6-8) or cupcake cases (makes 10)
• Bake for 20 minutes (muffins) or 18 minutes (cupcakes)
• Turn out on a wire rack and leave to cool.

These didn't rise as perfectly as I would have liked but did rise sufficiently as you can see in the picture above. (I'm a perfectionist!) I'm going to re try with 1fl oz less of the rice milk next time I think. They taste delicious though!

Meal idea

Go American - we did tonight. Homemade burgers (just minced lean beef whizzed up in the food processor with a pinch of salt, pepper and chill flakes, nothing else) and form into patties. Grill or oven cook and pop into Sainsbury's delicious Free From Granary rolls. Serve with sauce and salad garnish.

Great for a quick Friday tea with the muffins to follow! 

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Turkey Burgers

Turkey is a meat well tolerated by many. This recipe is a few food recipe, and turkey works well in burgers as it sticks together nicely without binding agents like egg.

Ingredients

• Minced Turkey 
• Chopped onion 
• Seasoning 
• Chopped fresh parsley if desired. 
• Rice flour 
• Any safe Oil 

Method

• Fry chopped onion in a little safe oil. 
• Take off heat when soft and mix with mince. 
• Season mince and add chopped parsley. 
• Make into patties and roll in rice flour. 
• Shallow fry for 3 or 4 minutes in a frying pan with safe oil. 

These are great warm, freeze well and are a hit cold in the lunch box. They are also nice with sweet corn added before frying.

Chickpea Patties / Burgers

(These are ‘burgers’ in my friend Nia's house)

Ingredients

• 2x 400g tins of chickpeas drained and rinsed
• 4 garlic cloves crushed
• 1tsp ground cumin
• 1 small red onion chopped
• 20g pack fresh coriander
• 2tbsp Dove's Farm plain blended flour or your choice
• Olive oil
• Parsley and lemon wedges to serve

Method

• In a processor blend the chickpeas, cumin, onion and coriander until smooth then stir in the flour.
• With floured hands shape the mixture into 12 small round patties and chill for 20 min.
• Heat oil in a non stick frying pan and fry the patties in batches for about 2 min on each side until heated through.
• Serve with parsley and lemon wedges to squeeze over and a greek style salad (omitting feta if diary free).