Savoury Muffins

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If you need something to prepare for a busy week ahead, these muffins are great to make and keep in the fridge for a quick on the go lunch or for the childrens school lunches. I wanted to make something that you could eat hot or cold with some of my favourite ingredients like spinach, peppers, cheese and pancetta. I used the smoked pancetta for some extra flavour but you can use plain pancetta for this recipe as well. Have fun playing with the ingredients.

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Ingredients

• 100g smoked pancetta
• 2 Spring onions, diced
• 1/2 Red pepper, diced
• 1 Celery stick, diced
• 1 Large hand full of Spinach, chopped
• 1c Cheese and little bit to scatter on top
• 2 large Eggs,
• 1c Milk
• 3 tbs Plain Flour
• 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
• 1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper

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Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and butter a muffin tin well.
2. In a medium frying pan start to fry the pancetta for 2 minutes before adding the spring onions and red pepper and fry for another 2 minutes.
3. Add the Spinach and fry until wilted. Remove from the heat and let it cool completely.
4. Place in a medium bowl add the cheese and mix well.
5. In a seperate jug beat the eggs to break them up before adding the milk, flour, mustard and cayenne pepper. Mix well.
6. Add the egg mix to the pancetta mix and stir well.
7. Scoop the mix into the muffin tin. make sure you fill it only 3/4 full. I scoop the filling and then top it with the egg mix that is left in the mixing bowl. you will see
8. Scatter some cheese on each muffin.
9. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes until well cooked . Remove and let it cool on a wire rack.
10. When it is cold you can use a spoon to carefully scoop it out and place them in a container with a lid to keep in the fridge to be used as needed.