Bacon & Cheddar Cheese Muffins
There's just six simple steps between you and some seriously delicous savoury muffins. Using our nitrite and nitrate-free bacon and chedder cheese to create a savoury alternative to this usually-sweet bake, you'll want to recreate this recipe over and over again.
Bacon & Cheddar Cheese Muffins
There's just six simple steps between you and some seriously delicous savoury muffins. Using our nitrite and nitrate-free bacon and chedder cheese to create a savoury alternative to this usually-sweet bake, you'll want to recreate this recipe over and over again.
- Serves: 6
- Prepare: 10 Minutes
- Cook: 20 Minutes
- Difficulty: easy
WHO ARE THE ORGANIC BUTCHERY?
Starting life as an organic farm in the heart of the West Country, The Organic Butchery is proudly founded on a long history of organic principles. We source the best quality organic grass-fed and wild meats, sustainable fish and organic free-range poultry from trusted local suppliers and like-minded brands to guarantee the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. Our mission is to approach butchery with a whole-carcass perspective, to make the most of every animal that crosses our blocks, which means we offer you cuts that you will never see on the supermarket shelves.
WHAT IS ORGANIC PORK?
We rear organic pigs that are a cross of traditional, native breeds. Reared outdoors, they have plenty of space to express their natural instincts - they love to wallow, rootle and forage in the grass for bugs. Growing our animals slowly ensures their meat has great flavour and texture, balanced by just the right amount of fat.
Ingredients
- 250g self-raising flour
- 150g mature cheddar cheese
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
- 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- 4 rashers of streaky bacon
- 100ml natural yoghurt
- 100ml milk
- 2 eggs
Method
- Preheat your oven to 200°C
- Warm a medium pan on your hob until piping hot. Carefully slice your streaky bacon into roughly 1 cm thick lardons. Tip them into your hot pan and allow to crisp, frying for 4 or 5 minutes. Allow to cool off of the heat whilst you make your muffin mixture
- In a small mixing bowl, beat your two eggs, yoghurt and milk together. In a large mixing bowl, tip in your dry ingredients and lightly mix together. Make a well to the centre and pour in your wet mixture. Gently fold all of your ingredients together being careful not to overwork it. The mixture should just about fall off your spoon
- Grease a muffin tin or fill your tin with muffin cases and spoon in your mixture, evenly, amongst 6 spaces
- Bake for 20 minutes or until the tops are golden brown. If you want to check your mix is cooked throughout, place a clean knife through the centre of one of your muffins, pull it out, and if no mix is stuck to your blade, your muffins are cooked
- Place on a rack to cool before devouring
WHO ARE THE ORGANIC BUTCHERY?
Starting life as an organic farm in the heart of the West Country, The Organic Butchery is proudly founded on a long history of organic principles. We source the best quality organic grass-fed and wild meats, sustainable fish and organic free-range poultry from trusted local suppliers and like-minded brands to guarantee the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. Our mission is to approach butchery with a whole-carcass perspective, to make the most of every animal that crosses our blocks, which means we offer you cuts that you will never see on the supermarket shelves.
WHAT IS ORGANIC PORK?
We rear organic pigs that are a cross of traditional, native breeds. Reared outdoors, they have plenty of space to express their natural instincts - they love to wallow, rootle and forage in the grass for bugs. Growing our animals slowly ensures their meat has great flavour and texture, balanced by just the right amount of fat.
Frequently asked questions
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When choosing any meat to purchase, it is worth carrying out some research. There are a number of studies that suggest organic pork is a healthier option – higher in Omega 3, Amino Acids and Healthy Fats. There are also several other reasons why choosing organic pork is a good idea. They range from the contribution of organic pork to climate change, animal welfare and the use of pesticides and medicines used in the farming of conventional pork animals having a detrimental effect on our health.
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Pigs cannot survive only on grass, they also need some grain in their diet, this is why you will not find ‘grass fed pork’ on meat packaging, unlike beef which can survive on grass alone. Our pigs are raised on a diet of grass, hay and concentrated food that helps them grow at the rate nature intended.
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Organic pork comes from organic pigs that have been reared in accordance to high welfare standards, we there are raised a nature intended, they live active lives outdoors, foraging and exercising freely. Our pigs are slow grown unlike intensive farming, this gives their muscles deep colour and robust flavour.