Cheese Muffins II

I absolutely love these muffins. Since that first post I made for them, I've been experimenting with the recipe. Some variations were better than others.

Here are two I rather liked. The Curry Variation is my favorite. The first time I made it the curry flavor wasn't intense enough. Another time it was a little to much. But I think I figured it out now.
The Pizza Variation was planed as Paprika Variation but in the end it reminded me more of pizza. That's not a bad thing even if it isn't what I wanted. I can still find the right combination for the paprika taste. So there is still more to come. YAY!

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Cheese Muffins

Base Dough

Dry ingredients:

2 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
70 g parmesan
60 g gouda

1. Grate the parmesan and the gouda.
2. Combine all the dry ingredients in a big bowl.
3. Use a spatula or a wooden spoon to mix everything together.

Wet ingredients:

2 eggs
2 1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 1/4 cups buttermilk

1. Put the eggs in a small bowl and whisk them with a fork.
2. Add the remaining wet ingredients to the eggs and whisk everything together.

Egg Wash

1 egg yolk
2 tsp water

1. Combine the egg yolk with the water and whisk them together.

Curry Variation

1 cup corn, out of a can
3 scallions
1 garlic clove
1/2 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp curry
1 tsp masala

1. Put the corn in a colander to drain.
2. Wash the scallions and dab them dry. Cut them into slices.
3. Peel the garlic clove. Mince it.

Pizza Variation

1 red bell pepper
3 tbsp ajvar, hot
ca. 40 g black olives
3 scallions
2 tsp paprika powder
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp Piri-Piri spice blend

1. Wash the bell pepper and dab it dry. Cut it into small cubes.
2. Put the olives in a colander to drain. Halve the olives and cut them into slices.
3. Wash the scallions and dab them dry. Cut them into slices.

To Assemble

1 base dough
1 variation
1 egg wash

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
2. Grease a muffin pan with baking spray.
3. Add the prepared ingredients from the chosen variation to the dry ingredients of the base dough.
4. Mix everything together with a spatula or a wooden spoon.
5. Make a well in the middle and add the wet ingredients of the base dough.
6. Use the spatula or wooden spoon to thoroughly combine all the ingredients.
7. Distribute the dough in the muffin pan, it's enough for 12 muffins.
8. Smooth out the top of the muffins.
9. Brush them with the egg wash.
10. Bake the muffins for 35-40 minutes.
11. Leave the muffins in the pan for about 5 minutes to cool down.
12. Take them out and put them on a cooling rack.

Bon appétit!!