#gemma reece

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Cranberry muffins from Gemma Reece’s Muffin book. Surprising sweet and salty mix with the grated Parmesan on top. Excellent tasting muffins, good enough to impress guests.

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Ham and leek muffins from Gemma Reece’s Muffin book. Very quick and tasty breakfast or just something savory during the day. I used sharp cheddar and instead of the chives, the ramps we collected and freezed during the spring. I had to add a few tbsp extra water as my yogurt was very thick, so the dough was very thick and dry, with floury patches first.

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Spanish manchego muffins from Gemma Reece’s Muffin book. I added more than the 25 g manchego, as we like the taste. The base is light oily with a touch of sugar, not the yogurt version of some of her other savory muffins. The recipe did not ask to squeeze out the grated zucchini, but it would be less moist in the end result with it. At the first batch I didn’t do it, but the second time around I did. I used cilantro instead of the parsley once and a mix of fresh basil, oregano and sage next. Both worked great.

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Potato and pancetta muffins from Gemma Reece’s Muffin book. It’s a bit more time consuming the man a traditional muffin, as you cook and mash the potatoes, cook the pancetta. The result is nice and well balanced especially when warm and fresh, after it cooled the onion crisped on the top was a bit too strong.

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Italian tomato muffin for breakfast from Gemma Reece’s Muffin book. I had big tomatoes from the garden so I used those instead of plum tomatoes. They were a bit juicier, but still worked ok. I loved the reminder to soak the tomatoes in hot water for a few minutes, then the skin comes off easy. I used to do this all the time for canning tomatoe juice, but usually I leave the skin on when cooking. I liked the mix of flour and cornmeal, and the basil and parsley worked well as fresh herbs to add. Quick and easy. We ate it with plain chèvre goat cheese or butter. I can’t tell how it is holding up next day, as the whole batch was gone in a day.