Substitution For Flour Recommendation Needed

[LilyV]

Hi there,

I am wondering if someone can help me alter my recipe for scalloped potatoes. The recipe requires dredging the potato slices in about 2 tablespoons of flour before adding the hot milk mixture. Then the recipe bakes for 1 and 1/2 hours. Would cornstarch be okay or should I be concerned that it will not work well due to the long baking time? Would sweet rice flour be better? Any suggestions would be appreciated as I am not on a gluten-free diet, but am making this for a dinner with a friend who has Celiac.

Thank you so much!

LilyV

[jerseyangel]

  LilyV said:

Hi there,

I am wondering if someone can help me alter my recipe for scalloped potatoes. The recipe requires dredging the potato slices in about 2 tablespoons of flour before adding the hot milk mixture. Then the recipe bakes for 1 and 1/2 hours. Would cornstarch be okay or should I be concerned that it will not work well due to the long baking time? Would sweet rice flour be better? Any suggestions would be appreciated as I am not on a gluten-free diet, but am making this for a dinner with a friend who has Celiac.

Thank you so much!

LilyV

Hi Lily,

Welcome! How sweet of you to be so concerned about cooking for your friend

I think cornstarch would work fine--I use potato starch in my scalloped potatoes because of a corn intolerance, and it works very well.

Hope the dinner goes well, and drop by anytime if you have any more questions.

[steveindenver]

If you'd share the recipe for the scalloped potatoes, that'd be great! They sound yummy.

[Felidae]

I use corn starch or rice flour interchangeably. I prefer rice flour if I want a more traditional thickener, like for cheese sauce or cream soups. I use corn starch for stir fries and curries mainly. But they both work.

[grantschoep]

I mix up what I call my General Purpose Gluten Free flour... its basically

3 cups white rice flour

3 cups brown rice flour

1 box Tapioca flour

1 box Potato Starch flour

For the boxes, its usually 16 oz. But depending on what one I buy it ends up being a bit different..