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Pears: ‘Gift of the Gods’
Chinese Vegetables
It is Chinese New Year! The year of the Dragon. In China the dragon is the symbol of good fortune and intense power; it is regarded as a divine beast.
Here is my version of Chinese vegetables to celebrate today.
Ingredients:
1/4 lb. carrots, sliced in large pieces
1/4 lb. Chinese Broccoli (Gai Lan) or broccoli cut in large pieces
1/4 lb sugar snap peas de-stringed
1/4 lb. bok choy cut in large pieces Read the rest of this entry »
Pear Upside Down Cake – Vegan Gluten Free
Gluten free, dairy & egg free
I heard my sister had made a pear upside down cake last fall from the pears I gave her so I got down to making up my recipe without all the ingredients that would usually go in.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup rice syrup
1 tsp molasses
Mix together the next 4 ingredients for a gluten free flour mix:
1 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup potato flour
1/2 cup flax meal
1/4 cup white rice flour
1/2 tsp Guar Gum
5 Tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp sea salt
2/3 cup water
1 cup sliced pears for bottom
1 tsp arrowroot
3 tsp fresh ginger grated
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350º F.
2. Oil 8” X 8”cake pan.
3. Slice 2 cups of pears.
4. Arrange pears into bottom of cake pan.
5. Sprinkle pears with arrowroot.
6. Sprinkle ginger over the pears.
7. Mix vegetable oil, rice syrup, molasses, stevia and salt.
8. Add 1 cup of gluten free flour, mix in well.
9. Add 1/3 cup water, mix in well.
10. Add 1 cup of gluten free flour, mix in well.
11. Add 1/3 cup water, mix in well.
12. Add 1/4 cup of gluten free flour, baking powder and guar gum.
13. Mix in well and quickly.
14. Immediately pour batter into cake pan on top of the pear mixture.
15. Spread the batter evenly over the pears.
16. Bake at 350º F. oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
17. Leave cake in pan for 5 minutes on a cooling rack; it is too light and fragile to turn over. Once it cools a bit it will become firmer and easier to turn over.
18. Gently turn cake over onto a cooling rack. (loosen the edges of the cake with a knife first.) It is important to get it out of the pan as the pears on the bottom will make a soggy cake if you do not.
Pear Hazelnut Crumble
In the fall I picked so many pears from a friends tree that I had get creative and this is one very yummy result.
Base
Ingredients:
5 cups pears
Directions:
1. Core and slice pears.
2. Place pears in a baking dish.
Crumble Topping
Ingredients:
3/4 cup brown rice flour
2 cup oatmeal flakes
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 cup oil or coconut oil
1/4 cup rice syrup
1/2 tsp Stevia in 2 Tbsp water
1/2 cup hazel nuts, chopped
Directions:
1. Mix oil, rice syrup and stevia/water together in a bowl.
2. Add brown rice flour and salt to wet mixture.
3. Mix in well.
4. Add oatmeal and mix in well.
5. Mix thoroughly with fingers.
6. Sprinkle on top of fruit.
7. Sprinkle the chopped hazel nuts on top.
8. Pat down firmly.
9. Bake at 350º F. oven for approximately 40 minutes.
P.S. Pears are Powerfoods. Read all about pears here: Pears: ‘Gift of the Gods”
P.S.S. Make sure the stevia is the non bitter kind. Stevia
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