Ep 80 Being Polish Canadian and Gluten Free
Let’s start the blog with the show notes for this Episode –
This week I speak with Samantha who is of Polish Heritage. She is Canadian of Polish decent and has spent some time living in Poland. We chat about traditional Polish foods and how they fit or don’t fit into a gluten free diet. We also talk about family celebrations and how relatives in Poland would view her special diet.
Here’s the recipe she sent for her Lemon Poppyseed Cake –
Lemon Poppyseed Cake
1/3 cup poppyseeds
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1 tbs lemon zest (or 1 tbs lemon oil/extract)
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
2 cup gluten-free flour blend
1 tsp guar gum
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup lemon juice
Preheat the over to 325F. Place the poppyseeds and milk together in a bowl and set aside.
Beat the sugar and butter together until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each one. Mix in the lemon zest or oil. In another bowl combine the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the butter alternating with the milk and juice (mix milk and juice together first), making three dry additions and two wet. Stir the mixture well after each addition.
Pour batter into a bundt pan and bake for 30-40 mins, until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from pan.
If you’d like, whisk warm water, lemon juice and icing sugar together for a glaze to top the cake. Pour over the cake while it’s still in the pan.
Orange zest and juice can replace the lemon if you aren’t a lemon fan.
Dairy-free milk and butter can be used instead, but the cake will not brown.
You can bake this in an 8″ round cake pan (50-60 mins), but I found it best in baked in a bundt pan (30-40 mins).
From Samantha Maloney, owner of the former Bez Gluten Free Bakery
Here’s the link to my Perogy Recipe –https://www.suesglutenfreebaking.com/pasta-gnocchi-perogies
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My Thoughts –
I’ve been doing my podcast for about a year and a half now. Over the past few months, I’ve had people contacting me. People who felt they had something to share. Not necessarily for a specific episode or topic, but something that affected them, and they felt might resonate with other listeners.
This is what I do the podcast for – to allow us to both share and learn from each other. You are likely going about your life, dealing with celiac and/or a gluten free diet, struggling or not, and not necessarily realizing that there are others out there in your same situation. Not that you’re not unique, but different issues you’re dealing with are shared by others – having a child with celiac disease, helping an elderly parent adjust to a difficult diet, confusion over food labelling, or maybe you just have some questions and you’re not sure who to ask.
On the podcast, I share about my journey with celiac disease, my difficulties in getting a proper diagnosis, only to find out my daughter had it too. Sharing about my life has brought everything into perspective for me. If there’s something you’d like me to cover on the podcast, some question you’d like answered, or something you’d like to contribute to the conversation, please reach out to me. We can chat over email, over the phone, or record for others to listen to. I’d say my door is always open, but likely you’re not just down the street – let’s say my microphone light is always on. You can reach me at acdnceliacpodcast@gmail.com.