Blood Orange Muffins Food

BLOOD ORANGE & POPPY DRIZZLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and lightly grease a 12-hole muffin tin. Mix together the flour, caster sugar, baking powder and poppy seeds in a large mixing bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the oil, milk, egg, and zest and juice from 1 of the oranges.
• Working very quickly, pour the wet ingredients into the dry and barely mix together with a fork - the mixture should be lumpy, so don't overwork it. Spoon the mixture into the tins and bake for 10-12 mins until risen and browned.
• While the muffins are baking, mix the remaining zest with the granulated sugar in a small bowl. Have the remaining blood orange juice ready too.
• Leave the muffins to cool for 2 mins, then transfer to a wire rack. Again working quickly, pour the juices into the sugar mix and spoon some over each muffin, repeating until it is all used up. Leave to set for 5 mins before eating.

ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine oil, sugar and eggs. Mix well. Add remaining ingredients. Blend, do not over mix. Pour into greased muffin pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.
• TIP:
• RED ORANGES
• Use blood oranges in your favorite recipes as you would regular oranges. Taste for sweetness, you may have to add a bit more sugar in some recipes.

PECAN MUFFINS IN BLOOD ORANGE SYRUP

Steps:

• Preheat fan-forced oven to 170 degrees centigrade. Grease a muffin tray with 12 holes.
• Muffins;.
• Whisk egg whites and a pinch of the white sugar with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
• In a separate bowl, add zest of 1/2 blood orange and remainder of the sugar to the egg yolks. Whisk with an electric mixer till the yolks turn a pale yellow colour.
• Chop pecans in a food processor until coarsely chopped.
• Fold pecans, flour and semolina flour into egg whites. Fold yolk mixture in gently to combine. Fold gently to keep fluffiness in mixture.
• Spoon mixture evenly into muffin tray and cook in preheated oven for 18 minutes.
• Syrup:.
• Add zest of 1 blood orange, the white sugar, orange and blood orange juices to a heavy based saucepan.
• Cook on high heat, stir to dissolve sugar. Cook until it comes to a boil.
• Turn heat to low and simmer gently until it thickens slightly (about 8 minutes). Set aside.
• Garnish:.
• Whip cream until stiff. Fold honey through the cream.
• Make 12 blood orange segments by cutting each orange into 6 pieces and remove the skin.
• Serving:.
• Take muffins out of oven and run a small spatula around each muffin to ensure they are not stuck to the pan.
• While syrup and muffins are still hot, pour 2 small ladles of syrup over each muffin while they are still in the muffin tray, reserving 125ml for serving.
• Serve one muffin with a tbsp of the whipped cream and honey mixture and a blood orange segment. Drizzle with 1 tbsp reserved syrup.

UPSIDE-DOWN BLOOD ORANGE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease or line 24 muffin cups with paper or foil liners. Cut a thin slice from the top and bottom of each orange; stand orange upright on a cutting board. With a knife, cut off peel and outer membrane from orange. Thinly slice oranges; trim to fit muffin cups. Place 1 slice in each cup; top with cranberry sauce. Bake 8 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, olive oil, eggs and orange oil, if desired; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Remove pans from oven; fill with prepared batter., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 15-20 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Remove liners; serve with creme fraiche, if desired.

BLOOD ORANGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
• Mix the orange juice, egg, oil, and honey in a separate bowl.
• Mix the dry ingredients into the orange juice mixture.
• Pour the batter into greased muffin trays and bake for about 20 minutes.

BLOOD ORANGE AND PINEAPPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 16 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Add blood orange zest and juice, butter, and eggs; mix with a wooden spoon until just combined. Fold pineapple into the batter.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.