A few weeks ago, just after my post waxing lyrical about parkrun, it was the 3rd birthday party of the parkrun I attend. To celebrate the occasion they held a bake and share after the run. Now, I have a sweet tooth but after a run I like something a bit more wholesome, or at least something which masquerades as more wholesome.
I have to be honest for my breakfast that day I did eat two of these muffins and a chocolate cupcake, my only excuse being that it would be rude not to after everyone had put so much love into baking them.
These are perfect brunch fodder and a really nice alternative to sweet muffins. I tucked into one whilst they were still hot. Mmmm Sausagey! If you are a cooked breakfast aficionado these would be a nice alternative to bread to mop up all the baked bean and fried tomato juices… not that I’m talking from experience or anything.
Ingredients – Makes 12
- 225g sausages or sausagemeat
- 1 small onion, grated
- 300g plain flour
- 1 tbs baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- couple of grinds of pepper
- 175ml milk (I used semi skimmed)
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 50g melted butter
- 50g mature cheddar, grated.
Method
Preheat the oven to 190’c and line a muffin tin with cases or silicon cases like me for the naked muffin look!
Take the skin off your sausages if using. Fry the sausage meat in a large frying pan, breaking up into smaller pieces as it cookies. after 8-10 minutes all the small pieces should be cooked through and golden. Use a slotted spoon to put the sausagemeat onto some kitchen paper to cool and add the onion to the pan. Cook the onion in the sausage fat for 3-4 minutes or until softened. Remove the pan from the heat and put the onions to one side.
Mix your dry ingredients: the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper in a large bowl. In a separate jug mix the wet ingredients: milk, egg and melted butter, then pour into the flour, add the sausagemeat, onion and cheese. Mix briefly with a wooden spoon until just combined.
Use a large ice cream scoop to divide the mixture between the muffin cases and bake for about 20 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
These are great warm or we ate them cold the next day for breakfast which was super. In future I think I’d add some dried herbs to the mixture.
Have you done any savoury baking?
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Finally – a muffin my boyfriend would go CRAZY for! They look amazing. My parkrun is having a birthday party soon too, I don’t think there’s a bake organised though. Maybe I’ll just bring cupcakes anyway!
Get them to organise a bake! We raised money for comic relief too which was fun. One of the girls at our park run did cupcakes with ParkRun and the logo on – amazing: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/kingston/news/2013/03/17/event-number-155-happppppy-3rd-birthday/ !
That looks like so much fun! Love those cupcakes too!
Wow, these look the business! Please make some for me?!!!
Should have known you’d like them, they’ve got pig 😉
I never think to make savoury versions of typically sweet things (what can I say, sugar is my weakness!) but these sound really good. Would be great to grab and go for breakfast in the morning.
That’s a great idea Kat, i love a quickie brekkie! I have such a sweet tooth, i never think savoury but as one of my friends had given up sugar for lent, I thought I’d be nice.
‘fodder’ – hehe I love that word! These looks dangerous, like I could eat them all day, constantly.
Thanks Milli, they were pretty good, and I’ve already had more requests from the runners for them 😉
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