Asparagus muffins with cheese and bacon

Ingredients for 12 servings:

• 300 g asparagus, green
• Salt
• 100 g bacon, streaky
• 50 g butter, melted
• 2 eggs
• 300 g sour cream
• 150 g cheese (e.g. Cheddar)
• 200 g corn flour
• 175 g flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Clean the asparagus, peel the lower third thinly, and trim the ends. Trim the tips and set aside, then cut the stalks into approximately 5mm thin slices. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place paper sleeves in the muffin cups. Dice the bacon and fry in a dry pan. Mix the melted butter with the eggs and cream, and finely grate the cheese. Sift the two types of flour and the baking powder, mix with 1 teaspoon of salt and 100g of cheese, then stir in small portions into the egg mixture. Fold in the asparagus and bacon cubes, and spoon the mixture into the muffins. Garnish the muffins with the asparagus tips and the remaining cheese and bake in the oven on the middle rack for about 10 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 150°C and bake for another 25 minutes. Serve lukewarm.