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Savoury Muffins Pumpkin and Comté Cheese

Savoury muffins are a treat, so why not have a little fun and make them for Halloween? This version uses a slice of a big pumpkin (such as a Muscat) or a whole smaller variety such as Potimarron. Roast with some olive oil on a baking tray until soft, this should take about 20-30 minutes. Leave the oven on to bake the muffin batter. We made these muffins with pumpkin and comté cheese as a snack for the office team. You can use a different cheese such as a Gruyère or Fontina. Alternatively, pour the batter into a loaf tin and cut slices to serve as an appetizer, with a glass of rosé bien sur.

Pumpkin and Comté Cheese Muffins

These muffins (like most) are easy to make. Make sure to roast the pumpkin ahead of time. Switch out the cheese if you don't have, or can't find, comté. Make as muffins or a loaf. Serve as a snack or an aperitif. Enjoy!

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1 15

Course Breads

Cuisine French

Servings muffins

Ingredients

100 g (3.5 oz) butter
50 ml olive oil
3 eggs
150 g (5 1/2 oz) bread flour you can use Spelt or Wholemeal
1/2 Sachet of baker's yeast
50 g (1.8 oz) Maizena Flour (corn starch)
150 g (5 1/2 oz) Comté cheese cubed

Instructions

Roast your pumpkin in advance.
Melt the butter on a low microwave setting
Add the 3 eggs and the olive oil and mix well
Add the flours and turn over
Dissolve the baker's yeast in a bit of warm water and add to the dough
Mix thoroughly and let rest for 15 minutes
Remove the skin from the soft pumpkin flesh and mix in with the batter – ensure that the dough is not too runny. If needed add some more flour- it should be quite thick, but not solid.
Add the cheese, season with salt and nutmeg and give a final mix.
Fill muffin tins with the mixture and bake on 170 C (340F) for about 15-20 minutes, until golden on top
Let it cool down a little, but they taste best warm!

Keyword Breads, Cheese, Muffins, Pumpkin

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Soon after, a good redundancy offer seemed the perfect opportunity to turn the dream into reality and after selling their beloved house, they left the leafy suburbs of south-west London in August 2009. Their worldly possessions were packed up on the back of a truck and with barely a word of French between them, the family headed south to a small village called Cotignac, in the heart of Provence.

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Savoury Muffins Pumpkin and Comté Cheese