The Best Gluten Free Crackers For Cheese!
We love cheese and crackers...
Then when we are gluten free the offerings are pretty poor!
Here I share Two amazing cracker options to accompany your cheese and you would never know they were Gluten free!
In this episode, I share my all time favourite Gluten Free crackers for cheese.
Just because we're gluten free doesn't mean we have to miss out ever again!
Enjoy!
Angela
Gluten Free Angela
www.glutenfreeangela.com
Transcript
What are the best gluten-free crackers out there to go with your cheese
Speaker:all will be revealed on today's show I'm Angela from gluten free.
Speaker:Angela and I am here to share with you what my favorite favorite
Speaker:favorite all time crackers are.
Speaker:I've got two for you.
Speaker:I've got one cracker and one more unusual thing, but it's amazing.
Speaker:Amazing, amazing with cheese.
Speaker:So when we go gluten free.
Speaker:We go out, don't we for dinner?
Speaker:And, uh, I dunno if you like me, but I always love cheese
Speaker:after a meal of the cheese.
Speaker:I love the grapes.
Speaker:I love any pear or apple.
Speaker:I love the Chutney.
Speaker:I love all of that.
Speaker:And then you realize that there's no crackers to go with it.
Speaker:Or the ones that they do bring out are absolutely ranted.
Speaker:They're like some hard.
Speaker:Just flour and water mix.
Speaker:That is so hard.
Speaker:And so UN palatable that it really puts you off cheese boards forever until,
Speaker:until you go out there and you try so many different crackers from different stores,
Speaker:from different independents, et cetera.
Speaker:And I'm gonna share what.
Speaker:, the sort of cheeses I love are I love Stilton.
Speaker:Oh my word, . I love a good Stilton and, and let's face it.
Speaker:The secret to great cheese.
Speaker:It's taking it out the fridge in enough time.
Speaker:Isn't it?
Speaker:You know, the number of times you go somewhere, it's
Speaker:just like, it's still cold.
Speaker:So we don't have the flavors coming through, but really, really good cheese.
Speaker:, you know, take it out of the fridge a couple of hours before you want
Speaker:to eat it, or at least half an hour.
Speaker:And even then it's still a bit cold, but once it starts to warm to room
Speaker:temperature, That's when all of those amazing aromas start to come through
Speaker:and you can pick up like the caramels, the creaminess, the nuttiness, the
Speaker:herbs in there, the saltiness that you can taste the different types
Speaker:of like milks that are used in them.
Speaker:Oh my word.
Speaker:And when we look at gluten, you know, in a gluten free, well, cheese.
Speaker:We can have cheese.
Speaker:And if we're just gluten free, if you 're dairy free its a different
Speaker:thing altogether, but talking to some of my friends, you know, who
Speaker:love cheese as well, but they've had to cut out quite a lot of dairy.
Speaker:So here's something for you guys who think you may not be able to have cheese.
Speaker:Some of my friends have had to give up dairy cow, but can still have dairy goat.
Speaker:So if I make things with butter, I get goat butter for them.
Speaker:, so there are goat cheeses out there.
Speaker:And if you find that you're okay with them, that there are some more
Speaker:unusual, , milks out there as well.
Speaker:There's Buffalo milks that people may use.
Speaker:And, but, you know, there's not many on the market, but there are some out there.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:You're not limited to just, the, the odd one.
Speaker:So get yourself down to a really nice cheese counter, and see if they do some
Speaker:more unusual things or have a look online or have a look in your supermarket.
Speaker:So you know what, there may be a goats cheese that you can eat.
Speaker:And sometimes it's about, ah, You know, sometimes it's about
Speaker:what our heards are given.
Speaker:That means that we can't tolerate them anymore.
Speaker:I'm okay with dairy, of any kind and I love, love, love
Speaker:cheese, . What, what do I love?
Speaker:I love the blue cheese.
Speaker:, absolutely love Stilton.
Speaker:I think, I think when I was younger, I just didn't get it.
Speaker:But the older I got, the more I got it and the self softness.
Speaker:Oh wow.
Speaker:I do love, I think sometimes pick up the Oxford blue.
Speaker:There are a couple of Italians ones that are just, don't just use them in pasta.
Speaker:use them and eat them.
Speaker:That's so soft them.
Speaker:They're beautiful.
Speaker:I absolutely, there is nothing.
Speaker:Absolutely nothing to touch.
Speaker:A strong CHEDDAR.
Speaker:I love the strong cheddar, where there are the salt crystals in there.
Speaker:, cheeses that I will pass on.
Speaker:, And I know this is, , you know, loads of you will love this,
Speaker:but I just do not get Brie.
Speaker:I don't get it.
Speaker:There isn't enough taste and people say, well, why don't you get a
Speaker:stronger no, its just not for me.
Speaker:Camembert.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:When it's baked and I can stick some crudites or Crudites in there, , But
Speaker:for me, it's cheeses with bags and bags and bags of flavor.
Speaker:And I don't think there's anywhere better in the world than the UK for cheese.
Speaker:And I really, really, really am gonna say that out loud.
Speaker:Of course, I travel to France, to Belgium, to, you know, further afield.
Speaker:Don't even know if they make it in Hawaii or I dunno if they'll
Speaker:make cheese in Hawaii or Thailand, but let's assume they do, but.
Speaker:Do you know, there's no one nowhere better than the UK for cheese.
Speaker:So you can go to your supermarket and get cheese.
Speaker:You can go and get it online.
Speaker:You can go to a beautiful cheese counter somewhere.
Speaker:You can go to a lovely little cheese Emporium, whatever, just
Speaker:by the cheese that you love.
Speaker:, do you know what, when I go back to being a child, I always remember.
Speaker:, we used to have normal cheese, you know, that we all had for of cheese on
Speaker:toast, cheese on the top of things, but there was one that my mom started to
Speaker:buy and it was like tiny little squares and she used to have it on crackers.
Speaker:And then I started to try it and thought, this is really nice in
Speaker:comparison to the cheese that we had when I was little 40, old years ago.
Speaker:There was something that came out called cracker barrel.
Speaker:I dunno if you remember it isn't it isn't, uh, like I think it was more foil
Speaker:at the time plasticy, um, like wrapping and it's stronger than normal cheese.
Speaker:, And, and I really liked it.
Speaker:And when I was young, you know, on a Saturday morning, I used to tootle, to
Speaker:the shop with a list of what we needed.
Speaker:And I used to go into the, , the green grocers and, , they sold.
Speaker:Red.
Speaker:It was more orange and white cheese and they used to cut it for you there.
Speaker:And then it used to get all of the fruit and veg for the week.
Speaker:, I, I was allowed to pick something myself, so I'd get
Speaker:either a crunchy or a Texan bar.
Speaker:I don't know if you remember them from anywhere younger.
Speaker:, and I also used to get my mom cigarettes.
Speaker:There was no age restriction back then, but it, you know, that's what I did.
Speaker:I did it to help the, the family out.
Speaker:Probably about 10.
Speaker:So I used to go down, get all the fruit, the veg and everything from there.
Speaker:Then I used to go to the butchers, go to the butchers, queue up,
Speaker:get what my mom wanted there.
Speaker:Then I used to go home and I would be home in time for Champion the
Speaker:Wonder Horse, which was on TV.
Speaker:And I could sit in front of the TV and I could sit there with my crunchy bar, or
Speaker:my texan bar, and I'd helped my mom out.
Speaker:I've gone and done the shopping.
Speaker:It was quite amusing, but, , yeah, so, so anyway, Why do I talk about this?
Speaker:Because at one point they started getting the cracker barrel so I could
Speaker:get the cracker barrel as well for her.
Speaker:So it had normal cheese and then we had the cracker barrel for the crackers.
Speaker:And when you go gluten free, I know I went to all of those top supermarkets.
Speaker:I went to the health food shops, and most of the crackers didn't.
Speaker:Taste like crackers.
Speaker:, and I didn't want something that tasted like a water biscuit.
Speaker:I didn't want something that tasted like an oatcake.
Speaker:I wanted something that tasted like a lot of those crackers from before.
Speaker:, you know, I, and I didn't want something dense.
Speaker:I want something lighter.
Speaker:So anyway, Here's my all time.
Speaker:Favorite cracker, can you tell what it is?
Speaker:Have you gone out and tried lots of them yet?
Speaker:I dunno if you have or not, but, , but I'm gonna reveal now, here we go.
Speaker:These are Nairns and they are Rosemary.
Speaker:And sea salt flat breads.
Speaker:And I don't know if, you know, when we, when I was growing up, we had the
Speaker:biscuits, we had the cream crackers we had all of those and I just
Speaker:wanted something that tasted great.
Speaker:And these taste absolutely great.
Speaker:, they do do a roasted onion, a roasted red onion.
Speaker:One.
Speaker:, they've got great taste award.
Speaker:They've won gold in 2018, but they are lovely.
Speaker:And I don't care whether you put in hummus on them, a bit of salad
Speaker:stuff on them, but with cheese.
Speaker:Oh, my word, these go to a whole different level.
Speaker:So let's have a look and see what's in here.
Speaker:Gluten free.
Speaker:Whole grain oats.
Speaker:, they are Nairns.
Speaker:They are gluten free.
Speaker:If you can't tolerate oats, when they're gluten free, have a look at I'll, I'll
Speaker:go through all the things with you another time, but Tapio starch sustain
Speaker:sustainable Palm fruit oil may starch brown rice syrup, Rosemary, sea salt.
Speaker:Yes, salt and stuff to make it taste nice.
Speaker:Raising agent.
Speaker:Ammonium bicarbonate.
Speaker:, so this is what is in there, but honestly, when you want a cracker, these are great.
Speaker:And dinner in a restaurant, you think, you know, cheese afterwards, , sometimes
Speaker:they say Gluten Free available, but look, you can stick that in your handbag.
Speaker:You've got 1, 2, 3, you've got six and I can guarantee don't just take one.
Speaker:Cause if you're going out with , a few people.
Speaker:They'll have a taste of one.
Speaker:I'll say I want your crackers.
Speaker:So take both of them.
Speaker:You get two of these in a pack.
Speaker:Look, we have to spend money.
Speaker:Don't we . Our gluten free pennies are precious and we need to know where
Speaker:to spend them, spend them wisely.
Speaker:You could probably make a bit of money cuz you could charge money for
Speaker:these if you're around the table.
Speaker:So these are my absolute go to and it's so nice if you're going around
Speaker:to somebody's house and they normally have a few dippy bits , stick some
Speaker:in your bag and just say to people.
Speaker:Don't worry.
Speaker:I'll bring up some of my own crackers.
Speaker:Don't worry.
Speaker:I'm fine.
Speaker:I'll bring something with me.
Speaker:, and at least then, you know, well, let's face it with dips.
Speaker:Make sure you dip, take your dip out there before anyone else
Speaker:sticks there, bread stuff in.
Speaker:, but when it comes to having something after a meal, some beautiful cheese, I
Speaker:can't think of a better cracker than this.
Speaker:However, I do have one other option.
Speaker:I really like flavor combinations.
Speaker:And to be honest, I love ginger.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:I really, really, really, really love ginger.
Speaker:. Okay.
Speaker:These are stem ginger oat biscuit breaks, and you may think that's a bit
Speaker:strange because they're not crackers.
Speaker:They are a little bit sweet that if you are the sort of person that you
Speaker:really, really, really like, , digestives with cheese, this is a great option.
Speaker:, I got them for the first time of the last week.
Speaker:Before the end of the day, rather than just having them as a biscuit
Speaker:and dunking them in my tea.
Speaker:I had pieces of cheese on there.
Speaker:I tasted out of this world.
Speaker:So these are Nairns stem ginger oat biscuit breaks.
Speaker:There's 40% less sugar in these whole grain oats plant based.
Speaker:, so let's have a.
Speaker:. , so we've got gluten-free whole grain oats,
Speaker:stem, ginger stem, ginger sugar, tapioca starch, ground ginger baking agents
Speaker:ammonium bicarbonate sodium bicarbonate partially inverted refined sugar syrup.
Speaker:Ooh, , ah, ah, ah, This is something a little tip, little
Speaker:tip from gluten free, Angela.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:When it comes to, , Lyle's golden syrup, golden syrup always opt for
Speaker:Lyle's some of the other ones, when it goes to this inverted refined
Speaker:sugar syrup, I dunno what happens, but, , there's something in the process.
Speaker:A lot of them aren't actually gluten free.
Speaker:So you think golden syrup is fine because Lyles is, , , so just double check.
Speaker:, and I only use this one.
Speaker:It's really interesting to see that on Nairns, they are saying.
Speaker:Lyles golden syrup on there and sea salt as well.
Speaker:Uh, they're really good.
Speaker:They're really, really, really good.
Speaker:, so they're great is a biscuit.
Speaker:There's, there's all the ones there.
Speaker:There's ones chocolates.
Speaker:, I haven't tried the apple and cinnamon only because I thought they
Speaker:just might get too sweet for me.
Speaker:, whilst there's a sweetness there, it it's quite spicy as well.
Speaker:And it goes so, so well with a strong cheese.
Speaker:, , . So there's four in a pack.
Speaker:That's really good.
Speaker:Isn't it?
Speaker:So there's four in a pack for you.
Speaker:Again, you can take them out.
Speaker:You could take one of each out couldn't you in a handbag or, , a little bag.
Speaker:, when I go out, honestly, I will always, always, always have something
Speaker:like this in the bottom of my bag.
Speaker:And I'll tell you why I go to, , I, I, I meet up with friends.
Speaker:Every four weeks on a Thursday morning, we go to a big department
Speaker:store and they have an acceptable more than acceptable gluten-free scone.
Speaker:But last week they didn't have the gluten-free scones.
Speaker:, so at least had something in the bottom of bad bag if I'd wanted it.
Speaker:I decided not to because I'd psyched myself up for a gluten free.
Speaker:Scone with clotted cream and jam and they didn't have the scone.
Speaker:So I was just like, Hmm, I'll wait until I go home.
Speaker:but having something like this to take with you is great.
Speaker:So when it comes to cheese and wanting crackers, my absolute go
Speaker:to are these gluten free Nairns, Rosemary and sea salt flatbreads.
Speaker:They are lovely.
Speaker:Really, really good.
Speaker:And they take me back.
Speaker:Years and years and years when I could walk into a shop and buy crackers that
Speaker:I found really, really, really tasty.
Speaker:, so I think these are an offer at the moment as well, but
Speaker:again, we're in February, 2022.
Speaker:I dunno if they'll be on offer next week, but have a lookout for these.
Speaker:I'm not surprised they want an award.
Speaker:, they're amazing.
Speaker:And, , I always have them in the cupboard.
Speaker:, but these are now going to be one that I have these stem,
Speaker:ginger Oat biscuit breaks.
Speaker:I really, really like them.
Speaker:I will try the other flavors at some point.
Speaker:, as I said, I don't know.
Speaker:I don't really have chocolate chunks and biscuits, , very often.
Speaker:So I didn't want those, the ones we fruit in them, I thought, well, maybe try
Speaker:them, but do you know what most things that you try from Nairns are incredible.
Speaker:I have spent four, five pounds.
Speaker:A pack on a lot of the independent things.
Speaker:And, and I have to say, I haven't come across one yet.
Speaker:So there's plenty out there that I've been really, really happy with.
Speaker:. . Go out and buy yourself some
Speaker:to your favorite all time cheese.
Speaker:And just remember if there's any little bits of cheese left, you can always
Speaker:crumble them on top of some toast.
Speaker:, gluten free course or.
Speaker:If you listened to my last show, I shared exactly which pastry I use.
Speaker:And you can always use these little bits up in a nice quiche.
Speaker:So this is gluten free.
Speaker:Angela sharing with you.
Speaker:My favorite crackers to have with cheese, just because you are gluten free.
Speaker:It does not mean that you have to go without, so enjoy
Speaker:your crackers and cheese.
Speaker:And tell me what you miss.
Speaker:And I will tell you.
Speaker:What my recommendations are out there being gluten free doesn't
Speaker:mean that you have to miss out.
Speaker:We just have to search and spend our gluten free pounds wisely.
Speaker:See you next time.
Speaker:This is Angela founder of gluten free Angela, and it's been lovely
Speaker:spending the last few minutes with you.
Speaker:You take care.
