diet questions

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I live in Egypt, with no access to specialty foods.

I have 3 questions on ingredients

1-if you have no xantham gum, can you substitute????(what would you

use???)

2-for baking chocolate squares, how much cocoa do you use in

proportion?

3-what is corn syrup made out of, can you make it?

Um Muhammad

[Guest guest]

Hi, I envy you being in Egypt. I grew up in that part of the world, and

miss it horribly.

I can answer your question about chocolate. 3-4 Tablespoons of cocoa, plus

1 Tablespoon of shortening is equal to 1 square of chocolate.

As for corn syrup- I don't think there's a reasonable way to make corn

syrup. It is used as a thickener (and has the corn sugar in it, so is

sweet). What recipe are you looking at, maybe we can find a substitute for

it. Sugar syrup might work.

I think with xantham you could use unflavored gelatin, agar agar, or guar

gum. Also might try extra egg whites.

Best of luck,

Lolita

>I live in Egypt, with no access to specialty foods.

>

>I have 3 questions on ingredients

>

>1-if you have no xantham gum, can you substitute????(what would you

>use???)

>

>2-for baking chocolate squares, how much cocoa do you use in

>proportion?

>

>3-what is corn syrup made out of, can you make it?

>

>Um Muhammad

[Guest guest]

Um ---

Sorry if this is late.... I'm just now checking my email

after the Easter weekend!

2-for baking chocolate squares, how much cocoa do you use in

proportion?

I just made some brownies tonight from Special Diets

for Special Kids. Where it called for 1 square of German Chocolate, I

substituted 1/4 cup of cocoa powder. The brownies came out so awesome!!! I

can't even tell they're GFCF!!!! Wow!!!!

Good Luck!

Ali