I *heart* muffins. Me and the husband even have matching His and Hers plastic muffin containers that we take our muffins to work in. It's true!
I normally stuff muffins full of bran and leftover fruit, but this time I decided to go a little whacky and do some very savoury muffins.
For these muffins, I mixed together:
- 500g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Then I put half a bag of baby spinach in the food processor until it was nice a pureed. I added that to the dry mixture, along with 300g plain yogurt, an egg, 300mL milk, and some tabasco sauce.
When it was all mixed up and ready to put into the muffin tins, I only filled each muffin case half way. I then put a few chopped up sundried tomatoes in the center, and then filled up the rest of the muffin. Then I baked them for 25 minutes at 200°C.
Next time I'm going to put little cubes of feta cheese in them. Will the feta melt at 200 degrees? Will it then harden again when the muffin goes cold? Watch this space, muffin fans.
In other muffin news, my mum is putting together a list of common leftover fruit, and the quantities and other ingredients that go nicely with them in muffins. It will be the ultimate muffin guide! She seems to be taking forever to pass it over to me though - as a librarian and semi-perfectionist, she won't let it out of her hands until she's decided on the perfect title for the document. My dad's suggestion of "Muffins: Whatever Shit You Got" didn't go over well.
