John Myers
Ingredients for 1 servings:
- 1 egg(s), size M
- 80 g poppy seeds, unground
- 45 g sugar
- 1 small apple, approx. 90 g
- 10 ml rum (optional)
- 10 ml hazelnut oil or walnut oil or rapeseed oil
- 25 g hazelnuts
- 15 g walnut kernels
- 1 pinch of salt (large)
- Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes
Makes 9 muffins. Heat the unground poppy seeds in a pan and toast, turning occasionally, until fragrant. Remove from the pan and let cool on a plate. Once cooled, crush them in a poppy seed grinder. Set aside 9 hazelnuts. Finely grind the remaining hazelnuts and walnuts in a food processor. Separate the egg. Beat the egg whites with a generous pinch of salt until stiff peaks form and set aside. Wash the apple thoroughly and finely grate it with the peel. Also set aside. In a bowl, beat the egg yolks and sugar until light and creamy. Mix the apple, chopped nuts, rum (if using), poppy seeds, and hazelnut oil thoroughly with a spoon. Carefully fold in the beaten egg whites. Divide the batter among 9 muffin cups and garnish each with a hazelnut. Bake in an oven preheated to 160°C (top/bottom heat) for about 18 minutes on the middle rack. After 15 minutes, do a skewer test. Remove the muffins from the oven, let them cool in the baking cups for a few minutes, and then cool completely on a wire rack without the baking cups. Dust with powdered sugar. Notes: I only use unground poppy seeds because I can’t get ground ones in Portugal, so I use my poppy seed grinder to grind them. In a poppy seed grinder, the poppy seeds are crushed rather than ground. Alternatively, you could use an old hand-held coffee grinder. I’ve never tried roasting ground poppy seeds in a pan. This recipe doesn’t work with poppy seed paste, as they always contain sugar. Hazelnut oil can be replaced with walnut oil or rapeseed oil. The rum is included as a spice and can be omitted. If the sugar is replaced, it’s a low-carb recipe.
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