Salon 1968, Belvedere, CA
The challenge: gluten free morsels, savory and sweet for a very intellectual, very aesthetic tea party.
The solution: french cookies, like madeleines, financiers and chocolate almond torte are already almond or hazelnut meal based. Just substitute rice/garbanzo flour for wheat flour, et voila.
Pizza crust is a little trickier, and without xanthan gum added to the gluten-free flour, there is nothing for the yeast to stretch. It's crunchy, but...
Detailles upon request from that rosy-cheeked, chef's whites bedecked wild woman of the kitchen, Mamalulu!
