When Christmas dinner comes around and you have someone with gluten intolerance/allergy among your family or friends, it can be quite difficult to find or create a festive dessert – particularly if you want to serve traditional Christmas puddings, cakes and other treats such as mince pies. The obvious thing to do is to make a special sorbet or semi-freddo which everyone can enjoy. Alternatively, try out some ourGluten-free Christmas desserts below which you can make individually for the person(s) with gluten issues or serve to everyone instead of a normal pudding.

Gluten-free cakes

Thisno-bake gluten-free cheesecakeis one of my favourite desserts to serve after Christmas lunch, as it’s light and delicious and requires no baking at all. The base can be made from gluten-free ginger cookies, which taste just as good as the normal ones. For baked gluten-free cakes, muffins, cookies, slices and brownies seeGluten-free baking.

Gluten-free crumble

Crumble is the one of the easiest desserts to transform into gluten-free. Just use a gluten-free flour mixture, ground almonds or oatmeal instead of regular flour. These crumble recipes have festive flavours and spices – so they’re ideal to finish off a Christmas lunch. Serve them with custard or ice-cream.

• Plum and prune crumble
• Mulled wine and dried fruits crumble
• Fig and orange crumble
• Mixed berry crumble

Fruity fools, trifle and baked fruit 

Trifle is another dessert that can easily be changed into a gluten-free version.  Also these fools, compotes, baked winter fruits make wonderful Christmas desserts for everyone – particularly  those who want something lighter and more healthy.

• Baked fig trifle
• Baked figs with honey and almonds
• Easy pomegranate ice-cream
• Yogurt and pomegranate dessert
• Spiced mandarin with pomegranate
• Cherry fool
• Winter fruit compote
• Maple baked persimmons with pomegranate

Gluten-free Christmas treats

These little treats are perfect snacks at the end of dinner, served with coffee – they also make excellent Christmas gifts! Morehomemade Christmas gift ideas:-

• Cherry and coconut Christmas pud bonbons
• Orange and hazelnut Christmas pud truffles
• Danish rum balls
• Vegan hazelnut cookies
• Simple gluten-free cookies

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