All this cold weather calls for a bit of comfort food baking. I love making muffins as they’re so quick and easy. So yesterday I mixed up a batch of savoury muffins – Spicy Chorizo & Red Pepper.
We sampled the first ones about 5 minutes after they came out of the oven – very satisfyingly delicious they were too!
The recipe is from ’1 mix, 50 muffins’ and goes like this:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees C/400 degrees F/Gas 6 & put 12 muffin cases into a muffin tray.
Sift the following dry ingredients together:
280g plain flour – 1tbsp baking powder – 1/4 tsp salt – 1 tsp paprika
Finely chop & add to the above:
1 small red pepper – 100g chorizo (without skin)
Lightly beat together:
2 eggs – 250ml buttermilk – 6 tbsp sunflower oil – 1 crushed garlic clove
Stir gently into the dry ingredients until combined – do not over-mix.
Spoon into cases, bake for about 20mins until well risen & golden.
Let cool for 5 mins then sprinkle with paprika and tuck in 
yum! sounds good! I baked some pumpkin muffins last week they were so good!!! will have to try these out next Xx
saw these on your facebook and had to check the recipe out…cheers for sharing, shall be making these bad boys the morra
delish!!! xx
I’ve never tried savoury muffins before … too much of a sweet tooth! But these look yummy, thanks for the recipe!
i have the same book & have tried these as mini muffins, so easy to pop-in-the-mouth or have a couple with same salad leaves as a starter.
Hi!
Did you cook the chorizo first prior to baking them as a muffin?
Just unsure about how to go about it.
Great recipe!
Thank you for your interest – I used ready-to-eat pre-sliced chorizo and just cut it into pieces and added to the mixture. I think I would probably pre-cook first though and then let it cool before adding to the mix. Good luck if have a go – they are very tasty.
Thanks for replying to my query. I did as you advised and baked them in minis just this morning for breakfast. Despite not being as golden as your muffins in the pic, they were a hit with my parents as they were so yummy!
Here are some photos I took, just in case you are interested to check the ones I baked. http://annod.tumblr.com/post/21421939890/spicy-chorizo-mini-muffins
Thanks again.