Blackcurrant-almond muffins
Blackcurrant muffins with a rather special ground almond dough. Blackurrants give a delicious hint of acidity, which goes very well with the almond flavour.
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011
Keywords for this recipe:For 30 muffins, you will need:
- 1
450 g Muffin dough - 2
100 g blackcurrant - 3
100 g ground almonds - 4
1 tablespoon caster sugar - Total weight: 665 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 34 min.
Cooking: 15 min.
All in all: 49 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 21 min.
Prepare 450 g Muffin dough, but reduce flour by 1/3 and make up with 100 g ground almonds.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Pour 1 tablespoon caster sugar onto 100 g blackcurrant, and stir a few seconds to coat them with sugar.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Preheat oven to 392°F (200°C).
Put a teaspoon of mixture into each mould.
Put a teaspoon of mixture into each mould.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Put on a few blackcurrants, then cover with another teaspoon of mixture.
It's not necessary for blackurrants to be completely covered.
It's not necessary for blackurrants to be completely covered.
Stage 5 - 15 min.
Put in the oven for about 15 minutes.
Stage 6
Allow to cool slightly, then turn out onto a rack.
Remarks
You can use fresh or frozen blackcurrants.
As usual, muffins are better slighly warm.
As usual, muffins are better slighly warm.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 260 100 % | 1,630 150 % | 650 100 % | 13,380 670 % | 56,020 670 % |
| Per 100 g | 40 20 % | 240 20 % | 100 20 % | 2,010 100 % | 8,420 100 % |
| Per muffins | 8 3 % | 50 5 % | 20 3 % | 450 20 % | 1,870 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 30 muffins : 3.50 €
- Per muffins : 0.12 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Muffin dough
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