What do you think of the snack muffins idea? Do you like this kind of food? Until recently, I was very critical of muffins - they seemed to me boring and very primitive in taste, but now, during the marathon, which I am running on the basis of our Facebook page, I kind of tasted them and even fell in love. It turns out that such pastries can be interesting, bright, unusual and very appetizing! Moreover, it can be very, very diverse - let's say: a week ago, I didn’t even think that it might occur to me to bake such a thing, and today I’m already thinking how to diversify it - whether to add smoked cheese? or broccoli? maybe olives? or pepperoni? or some chilli? Moreover, the ham and cheese muffins turned out so delicious that my husband, my indifferent to food husband, for whom the most ordinary sandwich seems to be the ultimate dream, asked me to "repeat this recipe sometime." Here it is, my personal culinary Olympus!
Have you ever thought about why some cheeses melt perfectly, while others give only a hint of melting? When the cheese ripens, there is quite a lot of dicalcium paracasein in its composition - it holds back the rest of the ingredients and does not allow the cheese to melt. Over time and with the accumulation of lactic acid, dicalcium paracasein splits and gives way to monocalcium paracasein - but it is responsible for the fact that when heated, the cheese stretches and melts beautifully into threads.
Muffins with ham and cheese They also turned out to be a convenient snack for school: The eldest has recently stopped being fed breakfast in the dining room, so now I have to invent every day in order to give her something like that with me. These snack pieces turned out to be a real lifesaver: they are convenient (in transportation - that’s for sure: they don’t break, don’t spread, don’t smear all textbooks with oil), they are easy to eat (and then you don’t have to wash your hands from smoked sausage), well, and they are delicious (there are few children who refuse ham, and even in the form of muffins). In general, the pros - the sea, no cons. So - try it!
Ingredients:
1/2 tsp soda;
1/2 tsp salt;
300 g flour;
50 g of hard cheese;
150 g of ham;
250 g sour cream;
60 g melted butter.
We measure the required amount of flour. You can and should sift if you doubt the quality. If the flour is proven and good, there is no point in playing with a sieve. We also add salt and soda there - this is the dry part of the muffins. If you want to add your favorite dry herbs or seasonings to the dough, you can do it now.
We mix flour, soda, salt - carefully and with inspiration: given that the dough for muffins must be prepared quickly and without diligence, you have only one chance to carefully distribute salt and soda over pastries, and that chance is right now.
We cut the ham into beautiful cubes.
Grind the cheese in the same pieces as the ham.
Add the diced ham and diced cheese to the flour mixture. We mix.
We take another bowl-saucepan, melt butter.
Add sour cream (I have quite thick homemade).
We beat the egg. We mix.
We combine the liquid and dry parts, quickly mix with a fork.
We spread the dough into molds (fill 2/3 of the volume).
Bake at 200 degrees for about 20 minutes.
Delicious both warm and cold.
Bon Appetit!
Snack cupcakes (muffins) with ham and cheese
Snack for holiday table
Recipe:
200 gr flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
100 gr butter
2 eggs
120 ml milk
1 tsp sugar
1/3 tsp salt
1/3 tsp pepper
50 gr cheese
100 gr ham
Cream:
250 gr cream cheese
80 gr cream
garlic
greenery
#cupcakes #snack #New Year
Good afternoon friends! Today we will prepare cupcakes, but not sweet ones, to which we are all accustomed, but snack bars with ham and cheese.
And to prepare the dough, we need: 200 g of flour, 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder, 100 g of butter, 120 ml of milk, 2 eggs (we take butter, milk and eggs room temperature), 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1/3 of a teaspoon of salt, 1/3 of a teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper, you can also add any other spices to your taste, 50 g of finely chopped or grated cheese and 100 g of any other filler (it can be sausage, ham, smoked brisket, fried mushrooms, olives, sun-dried tomatoes).
And we will start cooking, as for classic cupcakes, by whipping soft butter. Add sugar, salt, spices to the butter and beat at high speed until bright and fluffy. There is not a lot of oil, so it will scatter along the walls of the bowl, periodically remove it with a spatula and continue to beat.
When we have achieved a very lush, light state, we introduce eggs one at a time, each time beating for 1-2 minutes at high speed. The mass may exfoliate a little, don't let that scare you, it's okay.
Next, we need to mix the flour with the baking powder and sift about 1/3 to the beaten butter with eggs, mix at the minimum speed of the mixer until smooth. Next, pour in half the milk, mix again at a low mixer speed, sift the flour, then pour in the milk again and sift the remaining 1/3 of the flour. Thus, alternating each other, we add dry and liquid products, each time mixing the mass until smooth. The result should be a very fluffy and airy dough.
For flavor, I decided to add a little dried garlic with dried herbs and now you can add filler. Finely cut into cubes and mix the dough with a spatula. Cake dough is ready. You can bake them like silicone molds, and in paper capsules for cupcakes. In large capsules, 9 muffins are obtained, in ordinary standard small ones 3.5 cm high, about 12 muffins are obtained.
We bake cupcakes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 25 minutes, top / bottom mode without convection. Be sure to check the readiness with a toothpick inserted in the middle, it should come out dry and clean.
Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack and let them cool. Cupcakes can be served warm or cold. You can pre-remove the paper capsule, you can serve directly with it.
I propose to arrange cupcakes as an appetizer for the festive table - to make a hat of cream. For the cream, take 250 g of cream cheese, 80 g of heavy cream with a fat content of 30%, 2-3 cloves of garlic, passed through a press, and I will add a little finely chopped dill (any greens can be used). For the cream, we only need to combine all the products together, the cream and cheese must be very cold. I use salty cheese, so I don't add any extra salt. First, beat the whole mass at the minimum speed of the mixer until smooth, and then increase the speed to medium and beat the cream into a fluffy mass.
Next, we transfer the finished cream to a pastry bag with a beautiful nozzle and place caps on our cupcakes. This amount of cream is enough for 9 cupcakes, for hats not too large. And then we decorate our cupcakes and we can serve such a beautiful and unusual snack that will surely surprise your guests)
And I wish you good luck in the kitchen, don't be afraid to experiment;)
Snack cake is always relevant. And when you need a quick snack, because cutting off a piece of snack cake is even easier than making the simplest sandwich. And to the festive table - whether in the office or at home: the solution is unpretentious and very appetizing, besides non-trivial.
Cupcake with filling is prepared according to basic recipe of all muffins: first butter is whipped, then eggs are introduced into it, followed by the rest of the ingredients. The dough should be smooth and creamy. It is also important that all ingredients in the recipe are at room temperature.
Prep time: 60 minutes / Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
- boiled smoked ham 250 g
- hard cheese 100 g
- dill 1 small bunch
- flour 300 g
- serum 150 ml
- softened butter 100 g
- egg 3 pcs.
- baking powder 2 tsp
- sugar 1 teaspoon
- salt 0.5 tsp
Cooking
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First, prepare the ingredients for the filling: cut the cheese and ham into cubes.
Finely chop the dill and mix it with cheese and ham.
Now start preparing the dough: beat the softened butter with a mixer until fluffy, creamy.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating each time.
Add half of the flour to the dough and mix.
Then add whey to the dough.
After that, add the rest of the flour along with the baking powder, sugar and salt.
Beat the dough until smooth.
Lastly, add the filling and mix so that it is evenly distributed over the dough.
Put the dough in a rectangular shape, greased with a small amount of any fat.
Bake the snack cake at 180 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Check readiness with a toothpick, it should come out dry.
Before serving, the cake should be allowed to cool thoroughly so that during slicing it does not crumble and keeps its shape.
Store the cake in the refrigerator, wrapped in cling film or a bag.
Not so long ago I tried a recipe for excellent baking - muffins. And I was just amazed at the opportunities that opened up before me. As it turned out, muffins are not only sweet and fruity. You can make snack muffins with a variety of fillings. And, after conducting a series of experiments in my kitchen, I identified the most delicious, convenient, simple options recipes for your family. These small products simply fascinated us with their versatility - you can swallow on the run instead of breakfast, you can put it on the table as dinner, and if you try and embellish it, it will be just right for a festive feast.
I offer 2 recipes for making muffins: they are a little similar, but the taste is still different.
Recipe for muffins with sausage and cheese
Kitchen appliances:
Ingredients
The butter should be very soft, so we take it out of the refrigerator in advance. Sausage and cheese - any.
Cooking muffins with cheese and sausage
Video about cooking muffins with cheese and sausage
Step by step video recipe for muffins with sausage and cheese.
Recipe for cheese muffins with ham
Cooking time: 50 min.
Servings: 10.
Kitchen appliances: whisk, cake molds, oven.
Ingredients
Making cheese muffins
Recipe video for cheese muffins with ham
Master class for making unsweetened cheese muffins with ham.
If necessary, muffins can be decorated - for example, sprinkle with sesame seeds before baking, or, after removing from the oven, decorate with nuts or seeds. Red, black caviar or drops of thick sauce will look beautiful on them.
According to the proposed recipes, it becomes clear that many ingredients can be safely replaced - instead of sausage, cut sausages or smoked meat, or a mixture of sausages, or even use minced meat. You can grate half the cheese, and cut the other half into cubes. You can safely add finely chopped greens - dill, parsley or something else that you personally love. You can cook - muffins on kefir - or sour cream, and not on milk. I think it will be more convenient for someone to try the recipe.
In general, in such universal recipes improvisation is welcome. For those who have never made such pastries, it would be wise to start from - and continue to fantasize as you like. And I definitely recommend trying the great recipes for banana, lemon and - it's just a fairy tale!
I think that not only my family is enthusiastic about experiments with muffins - there will surely be housewives who can offer no less tasty, and maybe even more original recipes such baking. Please share your secrets.
Better cook them fermented milk products- kefir, sour milk or sour cream. If you like moist muffins, then add to the filling soft cheese and cut it into pieces - this will give the baking juiciness. With grated cheese, the muffins will turn out soft, tender, but the dough will be a little denser and more uniform.
Ingredients
- ham - 100 gr
- cheese - 50 gr
- flour - 220 gr
- low-fat kefir - 1 cup
- egg - 1 pc
- salt - 1 tsp (taste)
- sugar - 1 tsp (taste)
- baking powder - 2 tsp
- butter (margarine) - 50 gr
- basil, thyme, thyme - to taste (optional)
Cooking
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Beat the egg with a fork and pour into warm kefir (room temperature).
Add melted butter to it.
Sift the flour, pour into the kefir mixture. Don't forget to add baking powder (it can be mixed with flour).
Stir the dough. While it has not yet become homogeneous and dense, add spices and spices to it to your liking. Knead the dough until all ingredients are combined.
Grate cheese or cut into pieces.
Cut the ham into very small cubes. If you cut it large, it will be difficult for the dough to rise, and the muffins will turn out dense.
Mix cheese and ham with dough.
The dough will be denser than for sweet muffins, it will fall off the spoon in a lump, and not pour out.
Forms fill not 2/3, not more. The muffins will rise in the oven. Since the dough is dense and not quite homogeneous, press it down a little to better distribute it throughout the pan.
Brush the top with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Muffins are baked in a well-heated oven at a temperature of 180-190 degrees. They will be ready in 20-25 minutes. To prevent the muffins from getting soggy, immediately remove them from the molds and cool on a wire rack.
