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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.

255 K 3.9/5 (22 reviews)

50 min.

Easy

3.50 €

30 muffins

4 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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: 35 min.

Cooking: 15 min.

All in all: 50 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 25 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.

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.

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.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	260 RDI=100 %	1,630 RDI=150 %	650 RDI=100 %	13,380 RDI=670 %	56,020 RDI: 670 %
Per 100 g	40 RDI=20 %	240 RDI=20 %	100 RDI=20 %	2,010 RDI=100 %	8,420 RDI: 100 %
Per muffins	8 RDI=3 %	50 RDI=5 %	20 RDI=3 %	450 RDI=20 %	1,870 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Egg, Milk, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 30 muffins : 3.55 €
Per muffins : 0.15 €

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