Importance of Dedicated Gluten Free Facilities & Equipment

This video sums up the how totally gluten free premises are the only way to guarantee gluten free food. Beware of restaurants and bakeries that offer gluten products alongside gluten free, many should not be claiming they offer gluten free options as in reality the food is contaminated with gluten.

Organic Gluten Free Blackberry & Apple Pie

This is a wonderful, delicious pie. A very summery pie and is perfect served chilled.

It was inspired by leftover pulp from a recent batch of homemade organic jam. The pulp contained pectin and was full of pips but also tasty blackberry pulp. It seemed such a waste to throw it away. So to transform it into an edible pie filling I added pomegranate juice, generous amounts of organic cooking apples, brown sugar and butter. For the pastry I tried my new recipe made with rice flour and corn flour which turned out very light and flaky, perfect with the filling.

Mountain Top Gluten and Wheat Free Bakery, Vancouver

Hidden away in North Vancouver, is a bustling gluten free bakery. It had an amazing selection including; savory pies, cookies, cakes, bread, scones and more. Spoilt for choice I went for the focaccia, cheese scones and some chocolate chip cookies.

Verdict:
My favorites were the cookies, they were the first crunchy cookies I have eaten since cutting out gluten and tasted not unlike regular wheat ones. The focaccia was a little on the dry side on it's own, but went very well with a cheese and onion omlette. The cheese scones were a little on the dry side too but quite tasty when warmed in the oven. I'm looking forward to trying some more on my next visit.

http://www.emountaintop.com/