St Patrick's Day Muffins (savoury Potato Muffins)
Total Time: 35 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- 2 medium potatoes (peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes)
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt (be generous as they can be a bit bland otherwise)
- 1 egg (lightly beaten)
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons fresh chives (or spring onions chopped)
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped)
- 1/2 cup yellow cheese (grated) (optional)
Recipe
- 1 pre-heat the oven to 350f (175c).
- 2 grease a 12 cup muffin pan or use paper liners (preferably green or with shamrocks on them).
- 3 in a small saucepan, cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for 8 minutes or until just tender.
- 4 drain and rinse under cold water and set aside.
- 5 in a medium bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking powder.
- 6 in a large bowl, beat the egg, oil, buttermilk, chives or spring onion and parsley.
- 7 stir the flour mixture into the buttermilk mixture until nearly combined. gently fold in potatoes. add the cheese if using, note that you should reduce the added salt if using a salty cheese like parmesan or crumbled feta.
- 8 spoon into muffin tins and bake for 20 minutes. you can top these with extra grated cheese, sesame seeds or even some flax seeds.
- 9 remove pan from oven and cool for 5 minutes. then remove muffins and cool on rack.
- 10 serve with a glass of guinness!.
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