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Recipe of the Month - April

Cheese & Ham Savoury Muffins

Makes 12

 

Ingredients

  • 30g unsalted butter
  • 1 leek, thinly sliced
  • 1 loaf stale white bread, crusts cut off and cut into 2½cm cubes
  • 110g medium cheddar, grated
  • 120g cooked ham, roughly chopped
  • 5 medium eggs
  • 240ml semi-skimmed milk

 

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas mark 4. 
  2. Thinly slice leek.
  3. Remove crusts from bread, cut into large cubes.
  4. Grate cheese.
  5. Roughly chop ham.
  6. Melt the butter over a medium heat.
  7. Add the leek and cook until soft, then allow to cool.
  8. In a large bowl, mix the cooked leek with the bread, cheese, and ham.
  9. Whisk the eggs and milk together in another bowl, then gently fold into the bread mix.
  10. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with 12 muffin cases. Spoon in the mixture, then cover with tray with clingfilm. Chill for 30 minutes. 
  11. Remove the clingfilm and bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden.
  12. Serve warm or cold.