50+ scrumptious savoury muffins | Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

As everyone seemed to like my list of 100 fruit muffins so much, I thought I would also share my list of savoury ideas.

Savoury muffins are just as popular in our house as the sweet ones and they are a great way to use up small amounts of leftovers and to smuggle veg into fussy eaters.

As with my fruit muffins, I use a recipe from one of my favourite chefs Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as a starting point. I then tweak it depending what else is going in - inevitably there's a bit of trial & error ...

Savoury Muffin Recipe & 50+ Variations

Mix together in a large bowl 125g (half a cup) plain flour / 125g (half a cup) spelt flour with 2 tsp of baking power (soda), 1/2 teaspoon of bicarb of soda and a large pinch of salt
Whisk together in a jug 2 eggs, 80g (a third of a cup) of melted butter, 125ml (4.3 fl oz) plain yogurt and 125ml (4.3 fl oz) milk (or all yogurt or butter milk)
Mash, finely chop or zest ~ 200g (4/5ths of a cup) of savoury ingredients
If you're trying to hide the veg blend it with the whisked liquid
Fold the liquid into the dry ingredients
Then fold in any unblended savoury ingredients
Bake for just under 20 minutes at 180-200c

And here goes with the list which I've divided between cheese, meat, fish - I really want to try the crab ones! - and veg based ideas ...

If you've got your own muffin or small cake recipes do add them to the link up below.

Cheese based

Blue cheese & brandy (had to start the list with that one!)
Feta cheese & black olive
Feta cheese & spinach
French soft cheese & chives
Goats cheese & rosemary
Gruyere with apple & sage
Parmesan & herb
Ricotta & basil

Meat based

Bacon & cheese
Bacon & leek
Bacon & sweetcorn
Chicken & green chilli
Chicken & parmesan
Chicken, cheddar & apple
Curried chicken
Ham & broccoli
Ham & courgette
Ham & leek
Ham & pea
Sausage & cheese
Turkey meatloaf

Fish based

Crab, polenta & sweetcorn
Salmon, pesto & cheese
White fish with spring onion, garlic & red pepper

Vegetable based

Butternut squash & spice
Broccoli & cornmeal
Carrot & apple
Carrot & cinnamon
Carrot & date
Carrot, spinach & cumin
Carrot & pineapple
Courgette (zucchini) & chard
Courgette & cheese
Courgette & pine nut
Courgette & sesame seed
Courgette & feta cheese
Courgette & red pepper
Leek, prosciutto & brie
Onion & walnut
Pea & smoked cheese
Pea & cumin
Potato, bacon & sweetcorn
Pumpkin & apple
Pumpkin & chocolate (!)
Pumpkin & cranberry
Pumpkin & rosemary
Red pepper & parmesan
Red pepper, spinach & feta
Red pepper & aubergine
Red onion & cheese
Spinach, red pepper & feta
Spinach & pesto
Spinach & parmesan
Sun dried tomato & cheese
Sweet potato & walnut
Sweet potato & pecan

(P.S. In case any US readers are thinking my spelling is atrocious, in the UK we spell savoury with a u as we do rumour, humour, colour, favourite, honour etc :-) )

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