[J.] It seems like I am really getting into the cooking or baking at the moment. I am not sure yet if cooking really is something I will ever be absolutely passionate about. I think that I am enjoying it so much at the moment because of the cold and rainy weather we are experiencing here in Buenos Aires since our arrival. It is not even that cold, but cloudy, windy and miserable most of the time and hence, not really a lot of fun to walk around and explore this city. And in order to kill some time, I started this baking or cooking thing. Also, the recipes are very simple, quick and it is no problem if one does not get the amount of the ingredients or the oven temperature hundred percent right...
Yesterday evening, we had planned to finish most of the left overs from the previous days, but then we also felt the urge for something freshly made. And that's where the savoury muffins came in...
Ingredients for Savoury Cheese Muffins (as per the Edmonds Cookery Book):
1 tablespoon chopped celery
1 tablespoon chopped red or green pepper
3/4 cup grated tasty cheese
2 cups plane flour
Pinch of cayenne pepper
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
50 g butter, melted
1 1/2 cups of milk
Put celery, pepper and cheese into a bowl. Sift flour, cayenne, baking powder and salt into the bowl. Stir to combine. Quickly stir in egg butter and milk just to moisten.
Spoon mixture into greased muffin tins. Bake at 200C for 15 minutes or until golden.
Makes 12.
Et voila!
The muffins were really tasty and we had them for dinner fresh out of the oven. They were moist and soft / sponge-like. Add some butter and top it with salami or ham; it was sooo delicious!
Notes:
1) I altered the basic recipe in the following way:
a) Instead of using cayenne pepper, I added a teaspoon of freshly chopped and very spicy chilli
b) I added a teaspoon of dried herbs de Provence
2) I would recommend to use more salt than just 1/4 of a teaspoon. I used 1/2 and still felt it could have been a bit more. However, you can still sprinkle some more salt over them later while eating.
3) Due to the lack of appropriate muffin tins, I used coffee cups and poured the remaining dough into a baking tray. The latter tasted the same but was obviously not as spongy and moist as the muffins out of the coffee cups. However, husband used the 'flan'-like bread to prepare some sandwiches for our Spanish class today by slicing several pieces into half and adding cold cut, tomatoes, cheese, etcetera. Yum!
Yesterday evening, we had planned to finish most of the left overs from the previous days, but then we also felt the urge for something freshly made. And that's where the savoury muffins came in...
Ingredients for Savoury Cheese Muffins (as per the Edmonds Cookery Book):1 tablespoon chopped celery
1 tablespoon chopped red or green pepper
3/4 cup grated tasty cheese
2 cups plane flour
Pinch of cayenne pepper
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
50 g butter, melted
1 1/2 cups of milk
Put celery, pepper and cheese into a bowl. Sift flour, cayenne, baking powder and salt into the bowl. Stir to combine. Quickly stir in egg butter and milk just to moisten.
Spoon mixture into greased muffin tins. Bake at 200C for 15 minutes or until golden.
Makes 12.
Et voila!
The muffins were really tasty and we had them for dinner fresh out of the oven. They were moist and soft / sponge-like. Add some butter and top it with salami or ham; it was sooo delicious! Notes:
1) I altered the basic recipe in the following way:a) Instead of using cayenne pepper, I added a teaspoon of freshly chopped and very spicy chilli
b) I added a teaspoon of dried herbs de Provence
2) I would recommend to use more salt than just 1/4 of a teaspoon. I used 1/2 and still felt it could have been a bit more. However, you can still sprinkle some more salt over them later while eating.
3) Due to the lack of appropriate muffin tins, I used coffee cups and poured the remaining dough into a baking tray. The latter tasted the same but was obviously not as spongy and moist as the muffins out of the coffee cups. However, husband used the 'flan'-like bread to prepare some sandwiches for our Spanish class today by slicing several pieces into half and adding cold cut, tomatoes, cheese, etcetera. Yum!
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