Easy Gluten-Free Recipes

Eating gluten-free doesn't have to be difficult, especially when recipes are so easy! Here are three delicious gluten-free recipes you can try over the weekends:

Gluten-Free Cheese and Cauliflower Pizza

Prep: 10 mins/Cook: 25 mins/ Makes: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

1 medium cauliflower (650 g), grated

½ cup cheddar cheese, grated

¼ cup Parmesan cheese,

1 egg

¼ cup thick tomato passata

1 chorizo, thinly sliced

½ red onion, finely sliced

¼ cup char-grilled capsicum strips

100 g baby bocconcini from cheese section of supermarkets), drained

Basil leaves, to serve

Directions:

Preheat oven to hot, 200 C. Line a large pizza tray with baking paper. Place cauliflower in a microwave-safe bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave on high 8 to 10 mins, until very tender. Drain well in a fine sieve and squeeze out any excess moisture.

Transfer cauliflower to a bowl with cheeses and egg. Season to taste and mix well. Press mixture firmly over tray to make a 1 cm-thick round. Bake 15 to 20 mins, until lightly golden.

Spread passata over base. Top with chorizo, onion, capsicum and bocconcini. Bake a further 8 to 10 mins, until cheese melts.

Serve scattered with basil leaves.

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Gluten-Free Coconut and Lime Cookies

Prep: 20 mins/ Cook 15 mins / Makes: 20 pieces

Ingredients:

1 cup almond meal

¾ cup shredded coconut

½ tsp baking powder

1 lime, finely grated zest

1 egg

¼ cup coconut oil

¼ cup honey

½ tsp vanilla extract

-- Icing:

½ cup pure icing sugar

1 lime, finely grated zest, Juice

Directions:

Preheat oven to moderate, 180 C. Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.

In a large bowl, combine meal, coconut, baking powder and zest.

In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat egg until very pale and doubled in volume. Beat in oil, honey and vanilla. Carefully fold in dry ingredients. Chill 30 mins.

Roll 2 tsps dough into balls and arrange on trays 5 cm apart.

Bake 12 to 15 mins until golden. Cool on trays 5 mins before transferring to wire rack.

In a small bowl, combine icing sugar and enough lime juice to make a thin icing. Drizzle over cold cookies and sprinkle with zest.

Gluten-Free Passionfruit Kisses

Prep and cook: 40 mins/ Makes: 24

Ingredients:

3 eggs

½ cup caster sugar

¾ cup cornflour

2 tbsps pure icing sugar

-- Passionfruit Filling

90 g butter

1½ cups pure icing sugar

2 tbsps passionfruit pulp

1 tsp finely grated lemon rind

Directions:

Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease four 12-hole flat-based patty buns; line bases with small rounds of baking paper.

Beat eggs in a small bowl with an electric mixer until thick and creamy. Add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until sugar dissolves between additions. Gently fold in triple-sifted cornflour. Drop 1 level tablespoon of mixture into each pan hole.

Bake biscuits for about 10 mins. Turn biscuits immediately onto baking paper-covered wire rack by tapping upside down pans firmly on the bench to release the biscuits; cool.

PASSIONFRUIT FILLING: Beat butter in a small bowl with an electric mixer until pale and creamy; gradually beat in sifted icing sugar. Stir in passion fruit and lemon rind.

Sandwich cold biscuits with filling. Serve dusted with sifted icing sugar.