Paleo Strudel (nut-free)

This recipe is based on this recipe http://cookituppaleo.com/paleo-apple-strudel-nut-free/

I used canned cherries in water from Aldi for the cherry filling and corn starch and turbinado sugar.

For the crust I substituted tapioca flour from Bob's Red Mill and it gave a good texture. 

• 
  
• Dough:
• butter - 1/2 cup, cold
• tapioca flour - 1 cup*
• salt - 1/2 teaspoon
• egg - 1
• turbinado sugar - 2 tablespoons
• Topping:
• 1 egg white - beaten
• 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar crystals

Corn Chip Cookies?

My friend Denise posted this corn chip cookie recipe that I think I will try to make with maple syrup and sunflower butter instead of peanut butter.

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2011/05/19/peanut-butter-and-corn-chip-no-bake-cookies/

Chickpea Cake

A friend gave me this recipe to try. I cannot credit since I don't know who developed it originally. I think I will try making it with Sunbutter instead of chocolate.

Chickpea Chocolate Cake (No flour, no dairy, no oil)
1 1/2 cup nondairy chocolate chips
2 cups soft cooked chickpeas, drained (can be from a 19 oz can)
4 eggs or 1 cup egg substitute
1 cup sugar or dry sweetener
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Prepare cake pan by coating with oil and some cocoa powder. Gently melt chocolate on stovetop or in microwave. In blender or food processor, combine chick peas and eggs or egg substitute. Add sugar or sweetener, baking powder, and melted chocolate. Process until very smooth. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes in round cake pan, until knife inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan. Sprinkle with sugar.

You can make a raspberry glaze using seedless raspberry jam, 1 tsp lemon juice, and 1 pint raspberries, warmed and mixed together.

The cake will have a cracked surface and be somewhat dense, with a rich chocolate flavor.

Squirrel Pie

Filling:
3 squirrels, skinned and stewed until tender with liquid reserved
4 carrot
2 onions
3 cloves garlic
1/2 cup white wine
tsp. arrowroot starch
peppercorns
salt

Simmer squirrels with 2 whole carrots, an onion and a few peppercorns. Remove squirrels, carrots, onion and peppercorns from broth and reduce strained liquid. Pick meat from squirrels.
Brown two diced carrots, one diced onion and squirrel meat in olive oil. Add wine to this mixture and add reduced broth (ca. 1-2 cups) and continue to reduce liquid in pan. Add arrowroot starch dissolved in a 1/4 of broth. When thickened, add peas. Salt to taste.

Place in deep oven dish and cover with your choice of pie crust. Bake for 10-20 minutes at 450 degrees until crust is browned and the filling is bubbling up. OPTIONAL: You may wish to brush egg on the crust for sheen.

Sunflower butter Brownies

Mix:

2 eggs
1 cup maple syrup
1 cup sunflower butter
Pinch salt

Bake at 350 degrees for 13-17 minutes.

We will have enough squirrels for a pot of stew or pot pie soon. Still looking for good recipes. 

Pumpkin Maple Syrup Pie

I tried to come up with a pumpkin pie that was milkless and someone suggested a pumpkin pecan pie that is Paula Deen's Pumpkin Pecan Pie. I took the general concept and modified it a bit and this is what I came up with:

Crust:

Equal amounts tapioca and potato flour
1 egg
Salt to taste
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup melted ghee

Mix until right consistency to press into the bottom of a pie tin (crumbly but still formable).

Pie Filling:

1 cup canned pumpkin
4 tbsp. melted ghee plus 1/2 tsp. salt
1.5 cup maple syrup
3 eggs