Blood orange & poppy drizzle muffins

Muffin recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 12 mins; recipe has sunflower oil, self-raising flour, golden caster sugar, baking powder, poppy seed, milk, egg, orange and granulated sugar.

Blood orange & poppy drizzle muffins

Blood orange & poppy drizzle muffins

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Muffin
Servings

4 - 8

servings
Prep time

20 mins

Ingredients

  • Egg: 1 large egg
  • Milk: 200ml milk
  • Sunflower Oil: 5 tbsp light rapeseed or sunflower oil, plus a little extra for greasing
  • Orange: zest 2 blood orange, juice 2 1/2
  • Poppy Seed: 2 tbsp poppy seeds
  • Self Raising Flour: 300g self-raising flour
  • Baking Powder: 1 tsp baking powder
  • Golden Caster Sugar: 175g golden caster sugar
  • Granulated Sugar: 140g granulated sugar

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and lightly grease a 12-hole muffin tin. Mix together the flour, caster sugar, baking powder and poppy seeds in a large mixing bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the oil, milk, egg, and zest and juice from 1 of the oranges.
  2. Working very quickly, pour the wet ingredients into the dry and barely mix together with a fork - the mixture should be lumpy, so don't overwork it. Spoon the mixture into the tins and bake for 10-12 mins until risen and browned.
  3. While the muffins are baking, mix the remaining zest with the granulated sugar in a small bowl. Have the remaining blood orange juice ready too.
  4. Leave the muffins to cool for 2 mins, then transfer to a wire rack. Again working quickly, pour the juices into the sugar mix and spoon some over each muffin, repeating until it is all used up. Leave to set for 5 mins before eating.