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GF Puff Pastry

Has anyone made gluten-free puff pastry? I'm wondering if it is possible to get the same flaky texture as with wheat flour? I've seen some recipes online, but I don't want to go to all that trouble and be disappointed with the results.

Tags: croissants, gluten free, puff pastry

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Mike Nolan
  • Reply by Mike Nolan on January 26, 2012 at 11:30 pm
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I've tried it once or twice, I haven't really found a recipe that I like.

donperley
  • Reply by donperley on January 27, 2012 at 9:53 am
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I don't know about duplicating the generic store bought.. I lump that with all store bought crust and avoid it.

I had good luck with my first shot at a GF puffy pastry with an almond puff recipe on the KA site: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/almond-puff-loaf-recipe.

I just used KA GF flour and added about a tsp of xanthan gum for each layer. I've made this recipe with wheat flour a lot of times and this came out pretty close. I use chick-pea based flour in some things, but IMO the beany taste would not be good here.

This is formed in place on the baking sheet; you couldn't pick it up like a generic sheet of puff pastry.

BakerIrene
  • Reply by BakerIrene on January 27, 2012 at 1:37 pm
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Haven't tried it but:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.mytartel...

This links to what looks like it will work. She uses a good whack of xanthan gum to make it easier to roll.

And here's the direct link to Tartelette recipe index:
www.tarteletteblog.com/2009/02/recipe-index.html

There are many GF recipes

lambsbook2
  • Reply by lambsbook2 on January 27, 2012 at 5:11 pm
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Thanks so much! This looks yummy!

lambsbook2
  • Reply by lambsbook2 on January 27, 2012 at 5:21 pm
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What a beautiful website! Thanks for the link. The Mille Feuilles looks spectacular and I'm looking forward to trying it. Also, her comments on why she's trying gluten-free adaptations to her recipes were interesting. I have some of the same medical conditions, and noticed that going gluten-free recently seems to help.