1727. BACON, OLIVE, FETA and THYME MUFFINS

yields twelve servings


500 ml cake flour
15 ml baking powder
5 ml salt
1 extra-large egg
225 ml milk
125 grams chopped bacon
50 grams, stoned, chopped kalamata olives
1 round of feta cheese
10 ml chopped fresh thyme

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Beat together egg and milk. Add to the flour, cutting in until just blended. Fry bacon until crisp. Add olives and leave the mixture to cool. Crumble feta cheese and stir into the cooled mixture along with thyme. Fold into the basic mixture. Spoon the mixture into greased muffin tin hollows or paper cups. Place a small sprig of thyme on top of each muffin before baking. Bake at 180 °C for 20 minutes or until golden brown.


bacon recipe courtesy of: Food24: South Africa's biggest food community