Saturday 10th Nov '07

GLUTEN-FREE PIZZA & PASTA NIGHT


Tonight I went to Marissa and Teresa's place for a little dinner party. Some of the girls coming were gluten-intolerant, so we were having gluten-free foods. As everyone was arriving, we all sat down to enjoy a spread of cheese, crackers and dip with a bottle of Xanadu 'Featherwhite'.

Once everyone had arrived and all the ingredients were present, Teresa showed us how to make a warm cheese and pasta salad with gluten-free pasta spirals. We moved onto a bottle of white wine from Amberley.


After our pasta entree, Chef Teresa set about making the pizzas using the pizza oven appliances. With myself assisting her, there was a bit of experimenting to figure out how best to make the pizzas. The gluten-free flour Teresa used for the pizza dough makes a dough with a different consistency to that of regular pizza dough. The dough resembled instant potato mash or gelato. We were battling the smoke and heat in the kitchen to run two pizza oven appliances simultaneously.

Meanwhile, the rest of the girls were in the lounge room pampering themselves with massages and mini workouts to work up their appetites and make some room for the main course.

We made seven pizzas with different toppings: squid tube rings, Exmouth King prawns, fresh basil, fresh tomatoes, homemade sundried tomatoes and olives, homemade tomato & herb sauce, grated mozarella, bocconcini.

We all sat down to enjoy the pizzas with a chilled bottle of Watershed 'Sangiovese'.

For dessert, Alanah served us the tiramisu Marissa had shown her and her sister, Vanessa, how to make the previous night. Of course, there was a gluten-free alternative which Maria gobbled up herself.

After a group effort to tidy up and load the dishwasher, we started making our way home. Yummo!!

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