Saturday 19 April 2014

pizza in a cuppa


I don't know what has got into me when I googled using the key words 'pizza muffins'.



I have some left over cheese, ham and pineapples after making a seafood pizza and a hawaiian pizza. Not knowing what to do with the leftover ingredients, I surfed the net for recipe ideas. Nothing much inspires me when I searched using the words such as 'ham and pineapple'. A silly thought suddenly came to my mind and I typed 'pizza muffins' in the search box. I wasn't expecting anything at all...but to my surprise, pizza muffins is actually nothing new!



It took me no time to decide on this Hawaiian pizza muffins by Donna Hay since I have most of the ingredients on hand. I halved the recipe and adapted it slightly as I needed to substitute a couple of the ingredients.



These delicious savoury muffins smell just like pizzas when they are baking in the oven! They are great for afternoon snacks and certainly a great way to use up any left over pizza ingredients :)


Hawaiian Pizza Muffins

Ingredients:
(makes 9)

225g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried mixed herbs (optional)
105g grated cheddar (divide into 60g and 45g portion)
100g ham, chopped
100g chopped pineapple, drained
80ml vegetable oil (I used canola oil)
1 tablespoon tomato paste (I replaced with 2 tablespoons pasta sauce)
1 egg
120ml milk

Method:
  • Preheat oven to 180°C.
  • Sieve flour, baking powder into a mixing bowl. Add salt, mixed herbs (if using), 60g of the grated cheese, ham and pineapple, mix to combine. 
  • Place the oil, tomato paste (I used pasta sauce), egg and milk in a bowl and whisk to combine. 
  • Add the liquid mixture to the flour mixture, with a spatula mix until just combined. 
  • Spoon into 1/3 cup-capacity (80ml) paper muffin cups and sprinkle top with remaining cheese. 
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. These muffins are best served freshly baked. Any leftovers can be stored in air tight containers. Warm them in the oven before serving. 
Recipe source: adapted from Donna Hay.

11 comments:

anna said...

Wow, your recipes are amazing, think I might give some of them a try :)

Anna x

http://inthelifeoffletch.blogspot.co.uk

What's Baking?? said...

Hmm... pizza in a cup.. very creative! Looks good!

Anonymous said...

AWESOME! (VB)

Kimmy said...

HHB, great idea to come up with this savoury muffins. Bookmarked to try. Thanks for sharing.

BakingTray said...

Great idea!! =) definitely want to try this out~

Anonymous said...

i am wondering what to do with the left over grated cheddar cheese that my kid brought back from his home econs class! will certainly try this :)
octopusmum

Happy Homebaker said...

wow, your kid's home econs lesson must be very interesting!
I remember I only got to make rock buns and queen's cakes during my time ;)

Rachel said...

thanks for the great recipe! The kids will surely love it .. Btw, where you purchase these cute paper cups?

Happy Homebaker said...

I bought the paper cups from Phoon Huat..

Yan Tong said...

hello may I know how do you drain pineapple?

Happy Homebaker said...

I use a colander/ strainer.