14 Gluten-Free Recipes for Valentine’s Day

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Think gluten-free means no bread, no pasta, no cake and no fun? Think again.

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Strawberry-Thyme Tarts

For those who may be a little scared to try gluten-free pastries, these little tarts are the perfect place to start. "Whenever I make pastries, I’ll often blend unrefined cane sugar in an upright blender to achieve a finer texture—something closer to powdered sugar than super-fine cane sugar," blogger Emma Galloway says. "This helps to evenly distribute it throughout the dough, and you are left with a much nicer texture and look in the end product."

Pies and Tarts

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Endive and Citrus Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette

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The happy surprises in this juicy citrus salad from chef Erin French are the aromatic tarragon and the warm bacon dressing.

Warm Winter Salad Recipes

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Chickpea Flatbread with Roasted Fennel and Manchego

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This gluten-free Italian bread, or socca, is a pancake-like flatbread made out of one part chickpea flour, one part water, and a dash of olive oil and salt. The topping can be varied to taste, or the crisp bread can be served "naked" with spreads and dips, like fresh ricotta.

Vegetarian Appetizer Recipes

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Roasted Carrot Salad with Toasted Quinoa and Goat Cheese

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Crunchy toasted quinoa and creamy goat cheese add delicious texture to these sweet roasted carrots.

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Roasted Maitake Mushrooms with Seaweed Butter

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F&W’s Kay Chun roasts whole maitake (a.k.a. hen-of-the-woods) mushrooms with briny seaweed butter until they’re crispy on the edges and fork-tender in the middle.

Mushrooms

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Quinoa Carbonara

MOLLY YEH

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Carbonara gets a makeover with quinoa in the place of pasta, making for a delicious and gluten-free alternative to the traditional Italian comfort dish.

Quinoa Recipes

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Creamy Buckwheat Pasta with Wild Mushrooms

TINA RUPP

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Chefs love showcasing the intensely earthy flavor of buckwheat in rich, luxurious dishes. At Craft Los Angeles, Matthew Accarrino tosses buckwheat pasta with creamy mascarpone, silky mushrooms and runny eggs.

Egg Recipes

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Baked Butternut Squash-and-Cheese Polenta

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Anna Thomas's 1970s book The Vegetarian Epicure is iconic; updated in the ’90s and rechristened The New Vegetarian Epicure, it focuses on recipes for entertaining. One of her latest dishes is this crusty baked polenta, swirled with mashed butternut squash and smoked Gouda cheese.

Squash Recipes

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Buckwheat Crêpes with Wild Mushrooms and Gruyère

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These crêpes make a great vegetarian meal when served with a lightly dressed green salad.

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Bacalhau à Brás (Salt Cod, Eggs and Potatoes)

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Bacalhau à Brás is one of the most famous Portuguese dishes and is considered the ultimate comfort meal in Portugal. The dish uses many of the quintessential ingredients found in Portuguese cooking: bacalhau (salt cod), eggs, potatoes and black olives.

Cod Recipes

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Braised Chicken Thighs with Potatoes, Porcini and Dried Cherries

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This chicken, cooked in a garlic-infused sour cream sauce on a bed of sliced potatoes, is based on a traditional Russian dish.

Chicken Recipes

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Pistachio Pavlovas with Oranges and Blood Orange Sorbet

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Winter citrus is the star of this lighter-than-air meringue dessert. If you can find them, use blood oranges instead of lighter-colored navels because darker pigments deliver more antioxidants.

Beautiful Dessert Recipes

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Hazelnut-Brown-Butter Brownies

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“In Japan I got into all different flours, like roasted soy flour,” says Stella Parks. “Then I thought, Why not use nut flour to make gluten-free brownies?”

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Triple-Layer Chocolate Macaroon Cake

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François Payard, of Manhattan's Payard Patisserie & Bistro, layers chewy coconut cake with silky chocolate ganache. The beauty of the recipe is its simplicity: It has only six ingredients.

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14 Gluten-Free Recipes for Valentine’s Day

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Strawberry-Thyme Tarts

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Endive and Citrus Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette

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Chickpea Flatbread with Roasted Fennel and Manchego

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Roasted Carrot Salad with Toasted Quinoa and Goat Cheese

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Roasted Maitake Mushrooms with Seaweed Butter

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Quinoa Carbonara

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Creamy Buckwheat Pasta with Wild Mushrooms

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Baked Butternut Squash-and-Cheese Polenta

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Buckwheat Crêpes with Wild Mushrooms and Gruyère

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Bacalhau à Brás (Salt Cod, Eggs and Potatoes)

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Braised Chicken Thighs with Potatoes, Porcini and Dried Cherries

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Pistachio Pavlovas with Oranges and Blood Orange Sorbet

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Hazelnut-Brown-Butter Brownies

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Triple-Layer Chocolate Macaroon Cake

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