23 mars 2013

Blueberry muffins

Makes 10 to 11 muffins

  • 5 tablespoons (2 1/2 ounces or 71 grams) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces or 100 grams) sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
  • 1 1/2 cups (6 3/4 ounces or 191 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon (7 grams or 1/4 ounce) baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon (1 gram) baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon (2 grams) salt
  • 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces or 105 grams) blueberries, fresh or frozen (if frozen, don’t bother defrosting)

1. Oven to 200°C. Line a muffin tin with 10 paper liners.


2. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Add egg, then yogurt and zest.

4. Mx flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Sift half of dry ingredients over batter. Mix until combined. Sift remaining dry ingredients into batter. Fold in blueberries.

5. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool.

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10 mars 2013

Whole wheat apple muffins

Yield: 16
  • 2,4 dl whole wheat flour
  • 2,4 dl flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 113 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1,2 dl sugar
  • 1,2 dl dark brown sugar (farin), divided
  • 1 large egg
  • 2,4 dl buttermilk or yogurt
  • 2 large apples, peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped

1. Preheat the oven to 230°C. Prepare 16 muffin cups and set aside.

2. Mix together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, and set aside.


3. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and add the granulated sugar and 0,6 dl of the brown sugar. Beat until fluffy. Add the egg and mix well. Mix in the buttermilk gently. (If you over-mix, the buttermilk will cause the mixture to curdle.) Stir in the dry ingredients and fold in the apple chunks.

4. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, sprinkling the remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar on top.


5. Bake for 10 minutes, turn the heat down to 200°C, and bake for an additional 5 to 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

6. Cool the muffins for 5 minutes in the tin, then turn them out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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Brownies

  • 85 g unsweetened chocolate, roughly chopped
  • 115 grams butter, plus extra for pan
  • 3,1 dl (265 grams) sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon flaky sea salt or 1/4 teaspoon table salt
  • 1,6 dl (85 grams) flour

1. Heat oven to 175°C. Line a baking pan with parchment, extending it up two sides. Butter the parchment or foil or spray it with a nonstick cooking spray.

2. In a medium heatproof bowl over gently simmering water, melt chocolate and butter together until only a couple unmelted bits remain. Off the heat, stir until smooth and fully melted. You can also do this in the microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring between each.


3. Whisk in sugar, then eggs, one at a time, then vanilla and salt. Stir in flour with a spoon or flexible spatula and scrape batter into prepared pan, spread until even.

4. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out batter-free. Let cool and cut into desired size.

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Spinach quiche

  • 85 g cream cheese, room temperature
  • 0,8 dl milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 285 g frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
  • 1,2 dl grated cheddar
  • 0,6 dl grated Parmesan
  • 1,2 dl finely diced red or white onion or shallots
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper

1. Preheat oven to 220°C.


2. Beat cream cheese in medium bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in milk and eggs.

3. Mix in remaining ingredients. Pour mixture into prepared crust.

4. Bake about 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

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Ratatouille

  • 1 aubergine
  • 1 courgette
  • 1-2 peberfrugter
  • 1-2 løg
  • 3-4 fed hvidløg
  • Lidt chili
  • 2 dåser flåede tomater
  • Rødvin
  • Olivenolie
  • Salt og peber
  • Krydderurter - fx persille eller basilikum

1. Skær alt i mundrette stykker (fx 2 x 2cm), hak dog hvidløg og chili lidt finere.


2. Sauter chili, løg og hvidløg i olivenolie i en sauterpande eller tykbundet gryde.

3. Tilsæt de øvrige grøntsager. Lad det sautere knap et kvarter ved god varme. Rør hyppigt. Hvis du alligevel har tænkt dig at servere rødvin til, så træk flasken op nu og hel et glas på og lad det reducere.

4. Tilsæt så tomater og salt og peber. Lad det koge godt og grundigt sammen. Det tager en times tid.

5. Slut med at vende lidt friske krydderurter i. Fx persille eller basilikum (kan udelades, hvis du ikke lige har).

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