So I bought the magazine, planning to make these yummy muffins. That was in November last year! I have to say though, it was worth the wait. This recipe is fairly easy and it is delicious as well as fairly healthy.
As for no substitutions, well, I did have to make a couple of little ones as I (yet again) didn't have all the ingredients! Luckily, this recipe was forgiving of my last-minute switches.
Healthier Chocolate Pear Muffins
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 25 mins
Makes 12
Ingredients
250g wholemeal self-raising flour
1/4 cup dark cocoa powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
125g golden syrup (I had to substitute half this with treacle)
2 large pears, peeled, cored, grated
100g raisins, chopped (or use sultanas or currants)
100g extra virgin olive oil
185mL non-dairy milk
Extra 1/2 pear, finely sliced
Method
- Preheat oven to 180C (fan-forced 160C)
- Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases
- Sift flour, cocoa and cinnamon into a bowl.
- Combine syrup, pear, raisin, oil and milk in a separate bowl. Beat into flour mixture.
- Spoon mixture into prepared tin and top with extra pear (the cases will be almost full to the top if you make 12).
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
- 28 April '12: I originally posted that ordinary cocoa powder is fine. I substituted Nestle baking cocoa for the dark cocoa powder as that's what we currently have in the pantry. As Jappy pointed out, it may contain traces of milk. If you need to strictly avoid milk, then please use dark cocoa powder and always check the ingredient list on your purchases.
2 comments:
Well... from the strict elimination diet point of view, you are cheating with the ingredient swap!!
Ordinary cocoa powder contains milk solids and sometimes flavouring. On the other hand, dark cocoa powder is 100% ok.
Treacle contains moderate amount of salicylates, where as golden syrup level of salicylate is low.
Good effort though!! Love to see your recipes.
Cheers, Jappy
Thanks for the tips, Jappy! You're right, you should be careful with your cocoa if you have bad allergies and need to avoid all traces of milk. Luckily for us, the Vegan Carnivore is not that bad with his allergies, so he's been ok with ordinary cocoa (Nestle baking cocoa's listed ingredients: cocoa only, but packed on equipment that processes milk).
It must be hard to be on a strict elimination diet! If you stick to the original recipe, does this work for a low-salicylate diet?
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