Gluten Free Sweet Georgia Shortcake

A dear friend inspired this Gluten Free Recipe… Thank you, Sandra!

The conversation and inspiration started this way…

“Hello Honey. Inspired by you I made fried green tomatoes (although I’ve never seen them in my life) and they were fab. Thank you. Here’s one for you. If you have a peach glut (we do), halve and stone and mix up a little butter, an egg yolk and ratafia biscuits (made with almonds, no flour) fill in the holes and bake for 30 mins. Delish. XX Hope the cheffing is going well.”

Sandra lives in Italy but is from the UK. Her English is quite different from mine, “being from the UK and all” (said in my best Southern drawl). I knew that cookies were often referred to as biscuits, but I was thrown off by the peach “glut” and how to “stone” a peach! Finally with the help of our mutual friend Chetan, I realized a glut of peaches was an over abundance, and to stone a peach was to remove what I call the pit. Sandra was telling me that they removed the peach pit, removed part of the peach to make the hole larger, then stuffed that hole with a mixture made from almond/amaretto cookies, and then baked. It sounded divine, and I wanted to create my own version of this! 

I knew that in my little mountain hometown, finding gluten free almond cookies was going to be impossible, but that was not going to stop me. I also knew that from Sandra’s description, the cookies were crumbled to be used for the filling. I came up with the idea of using gluten free almond flour and my own Gluten Free All Purpose Flour Blend with a few other ingredients. I used that as a base to stuff the peaches, and then bake them. Trust me, this gluten free treat is simply DIVINE!! It is sweet but not overly sweet (just like a lot of Italian desserts), so keep that in mind as you are creating this recipe. 

You can find the complete recipe at chefvedam.com.

Peaches with pits removed and a little extra peach scooped out

 

Mashed peaches

 

Gluten Free Sweet Georgia Shortcake batter

 

Peaches filled and ready for the oven

Chef Vedam’s Gluten Free Cooking Classes

Call 678-754-2438 to register…

Chef Vedam is taking people on a gluten free culinary adventure! This Sunday, 8-7-16, Chef Vedam is finishing up his Gluten Free Southern Cooking at Williams-Sonoma The Mall of Georgia from 5 - 7 pm. If you are interest in taking this class and learning how to cook amazing Gluten Free Southern Fried Chicken, Okra Fries and Grill Peach Cobbler. Call the number above to register!
The series will continue on Tuesday, 8-16-16 at Williams-Sonoma The Avenue at East Cobb from 6 - 8 pm, and Sunday, 8-21-16 at Williams-Sonoma The Mall of Georgia from 5 - 7 pm with Gluten Free Italian Cooking.

This segment, Chef Vedam will show you how to do Chicken Marsala over GF Pasta, Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus, and a surprise sweet treat.
Chicken Marsala is one of the best Italian dishes that you will ever eat, and even though you are gluten free, you can have this Italian favorite again. Also learn the secrets to cooking great gluten free pasta! Accompany this with Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus and a gluten free sweet surprise, you will think you are sitting in a beautiful piazza in your favorite place in Italy!
Each culinary adventure only costs $10 to register and $50 due at the time of the class. Call and sign up today to reserve your spot!

 

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