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Piquillo Peppers Stuffed with Salt Cod Brandade

This makes a wonderful starter for special occasions. What You'll Need Cost: €2.20 per person Prep time: 40 minutes + 40 for the brandade Ingredients for 4 people 2 jars of good-quality piquillo peppers. 300g salt cod brandade. flour. 1 clove of garlic. parsley. 1 egg. breadcrumbs. 200ml heavy cream. olive oil. for the brandade 250g desalted salt cod loin. 250g potatoes. 225ml milk. 100ml olive oil. 1 clove of garlic. salt. Preparation for the brandade Put the potatoes in a pot with cold salted water. Bring them to a boil and cook for about 30 minutes—check that they're tender all the way through. Peel them while still warm and pass them through a potato ricer. Set aside. Meanwhile, place the desalted cod in a saucepan covered with cold water. When it comes to a boil, remove from the heat and let it rest in the same water for 20 minutes. Take the pieces out of the water and flake them, removing any skin and bones if there are a...

Sweet Ham and Cheese Muffins


Feeling like savory muffins for an appetizer?




Ingredients

  • 200g bread flour.
  • 100g all-purpose flour.
  • 120g skim milk (lukewarm).
  • 50g sugar.
  • 1/2 tsp salt.
  • 1 whole egg.
  • 40g olive oil.
  • 15g fresh yeast.

you'll also need:

  • muffin tins.
  • 1 beaten egg for brushing.
  • slices of melting cheese (like American cheese slices).
  • 150g cooked ham.

Preparation

In a bowl, dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm milk. Add the sugar, whole egg, salt, and both flours, mixing as you go. Finally, pour in the oil and keep kneading until you get a manageable dough. You can do this in a bread machine, stand mixer, or by hand.
Shape it into a ball and let it rest in a bowl greased with olive oil, covered with plastic wrap, until it doubles in size.
Once the dough has risen, preheat your oven to 180°C.
Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and divide it into portions of about 20g each, shaping them into small balls...
Flatten each piece of dough to about the size of a cheese slice. Place a slice of cheese and an equal-sized piece of ham on top of each one...
Roll it up and slice it into three pieces, just like you see in the photo...
Stand the three pieces upright in the muffin tins (if you're using silicone or paper liners, no need to grease them)...
Brush each muffin with beaten egg and pop them in the oven. Bake until the tops turn a nice golden brown.
Take them out of the oven, remove from the tins, and let them cool on a wire rack...

Hope you enjoy them!

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