Mac and cheese cupcakes

I have recently came across mac and cheese cupcakes recipe and decided to give it a go. Those little mac and cheese casseroles ware tasty. But next time I will add more spices, I think Tabasco sauce and some tomatoes would make them taste even better.  They are perfect for picnics as they tasty when warm or cold.

Ingredients for 12 cupcakes:

• 220g macaroni
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 egg
• 250ml milk
• 150g shredded Cheddar cheese
• 150g mozzarella cheese
• 80g dry bread crumbs
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt

Preheat the oven to 180C.  Unless you don't use non stick muffin tin slightly grease muffin tin holes. Set aside.

Cook the pasta al dente. Add some salt to the boiling water. When cooked, drain the pasta and place the pasta back in the pot. 

Stir in the butter and whisked egg. Then pour in the milk and add the mozzarella cheese and half of the Cheddar cheese. Mix well all ingredients.

Spoon the pasta mixture into muffin tin holes. Divide the mixture evenly.

In separate bowl mix together the salt, bread crumbs and olive oil. Sprinkle each cupcake top with this mixture. Then place on top of each cupcake remaining Cheddar cheese.  

Insert the muffin tin into preheated oven and bake for 30 minuets.

Remove form the oven and leave them for few minutes in the tin. Serve warm or cold.

Enjoy !

Cheese muffins

Those savoury muffins are like buns. They can be served with soups, stews or sliced and spread with butter. The recipe comes form ' Home baking cookbook'.

Ingredients for 12 muffins:

• 115g flour
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 225g cornflour
• 120g grated Cheddar cheese + some to sprinkle on the top
• 55g melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 clove of garlic
• 300 ml milk

Preheat the oven to 200C.  Line muffin tin with paper cases or grease the muffin tin holes.

Into a big bowl put the flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cornflour. With a spoon stir all ingredients together. Set aside.

Grate the cheese if you haven't got already grated. Add the cheese into a bowl with dry ingredients.

Melt the butter and set aside to cool down. Crush the garlic.

Brake the eggs into a separate bowl. Whisk them with a fork. Add the milk, butter and garlic, stir them together. Pour this mixture into the dry ingredients mixture. Stir all ingredients together until just combined.

Spoon the batter into muffin tin. Sprinkle each muffin top with gated cheese. Bake for 20 minutes until well risen and golden on the top. Leave them in a baking tin for a few minutes then transfer to the wire rack to cool down. Enjoy !