I have made these muffins a few times now and man oh man are they good!! I never have spring onions on hand, so always fry an onion, and it works well in this recipe! There's no butter or oil in the recipe either...but the 2 cups of cheese make up for it!! Delish! The recipe is an Alison Holst recipe, who is a NZ baking legend!!
Ingrediants:
2 cups grated cheese
2 cups plain flour
3 tsp baing powder
1 Tbsp sugar
1 spring onion, chopped (I use one onion chopped and fried and its AMAZE)
50g Salami, chopped
1/2 tsp oregano (I use the masterfoods tuscan mixture)
1 Tbsp tomato puree
3 Tbsp water
1 cup milk
1 large egg
optional topping: 1/2 tomato, finely chopped, about 1/2 cup cheese, 2-3 slices salami, chopped.
Method:
In a bowl put grated cheese, flour, baking powder and sugar. Add onion, salamo, oregano and stir lightly to combine.
Using a fork, mix the tomato puree and water until smooth in a bowl. Add the millk and egg, and beat with a fork until well combined. Pour the liquids into the flour mixture and fold together until the flour is moistened, do not overmix!
Spoon mixture into 12 medium-sized, well-sprayed or buttered muffin pans. Add optional topping if using.
Bake at 220 degrees celcius for 12 minutes, or until lightly browned on top and firm when pressed in middle.