Ricotta Muffins With Strawberries
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The first time I had a muffin, I was 23. We had just moved to Singapore and on one of my first walks to the local bakery, I discovered trays laden with fluffy cloud topped cupcakes some studded with chocolate chips and some with oozing blueberries. The proverbial choc-chip and blueberry muffins that later I was to learn were a staple in most cafes and 24 hour convenient stores. So I bought two chocolate chip muffins, because believe it or not I was worried I might not like the blueberry muffin since I had never tasted blueberries before. I loved them instantly, because they didn’t have a big dollop of cream on top like cupcakes did. A few years later I baked my first batch of muffins that turned out to chewy because I went heavy-handed on them. Not one to give up, I learnt to mix gently and before long I was baking muffins that were moist and full of flavour. I baked every kind except the choc-chip and blueberry ones. A few years after that first encounter with blueberry muffins, I tasted my very first blueberry when we moved to Australia. But that story is for another day.
Today, I am sharing a recipe for ricotta muffins that can be easily adapted by changing just one ingredient to get a whole new breed of muffins. I have baked ricotta muffins with strawberries. You can swap strawberries for choc-chips or blueberries or raspberries and you will have brand new muffins every single time using the same base recipe. The ricotta is wonderfully moist and these muffins are not very sweet. I have shared some possible flavour combinations at the end of the recipe. I love them all.
Food Photography, Styling & Prop Alert – White Enamel Cake Tin – $49.95 Sussan. Autumn Drop pattern fabric – $2 from Spotlight. Round Black Wire Rack – $12 from Target. White Board – Upcycled table top from the salvage yard painted in British Paints Antique Linen.
Ricotta Muffins With Strawberries
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sneh, you are an amazing stylist! i could just pluck up one of those muffins and eat it right now! gorgeous! and thanks so much for including the tips on where to find the beautiful objects!
I am a big fan of muffins. When I crave to bake something I always reach out to my muffin pan. I like that fact that they are quick to make and can be enjoyed any time of the day.
Strawberry ricotta muffins sound so good!
chinmayie @ love food eat´s last [type] ..Wild Mango Clear Soup for Summer (Kaatu Mavinahannu Saaru)
Lovely muffins! They look and sound so delicious.
Cheers,
Rosa
Love your styling and pictures… Love fruity muffins at least they involve lesser guilt on the conscious…one can always take an excuse that I ate fruit
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Thanks for the great versatile muffin recipe. It is such a simple thing but quite often very difficult. Yours looks soft and delicious
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Yum! I wish I had some ricotta in my fridge – I would bake these right now.
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What a beautiful little recipe this is! I haven’t made muffins in a while, but love the idea of adding ricotta to the batter. Will definitely have to try that next time.
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I wish I had some of these great looking muffins right now, yum!
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Another person in the world prefers muffins and cakes without frosting! Now I can die happy (not really; I want some of those muffins first, for one thing).
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Blueberry muffins are my favorite, but those perfect little strawberries are calling to me and I love the idea of strawberry-ricotta muffins.
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Strawberries are my absolute favorite; these muffins sound divine!
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These muffins look lovely (you’re a fantastic food stylist!) And I’m loving the idea of mango coconut ricotta muffins! Fantastic versatile recipe.
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Oh my they look great! I love the tin, the fabric the whole thing as much as I love the muffins. I have nto mastered the muffin yet but will try to be gentler next time. Fantastic as always.
Those muffins look fabulous Sneh!! As does that gorgeous tin. I can’t believe you got it from Sussan of all places. I never think to go there.
By the way, I see you are reading The Help. I hope you are enjoying it as much as I did.
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I do love a good moist muffin – so much more simple and delicious than a fancy frosted cupcake! I love the idea of using ricotta in the batter – can imagine it makes them beautifully tender crumbed.
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I think I can have many many of these muffins.
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These look so good Sneh…moist (and not overbeaten!) muffins taste the best. Love the ricotta addition too!
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I made these yesterday, I loved them
Very light and fluffy !
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