In ancient Rome, there was a very popular pastry – the ancestor of the cupcake. This type of pastry was created mainly for the nobility, as it was too expensive for an ordinary person. Various dried fruits, pomegranate, nuts and other fruits were involved in the preparation of the Roman cupcake. The batter was different from what we have now. However, it cannot be said that the batter for Roman muffins was bad. Barley mass with dried fruits was bought by literally all the upper classes.
Now from muffins also made a cult
.
In particular, the relevance of baking increases before Christmas.
Let’s prepare a homemade Christmas mandarin muffin.
Ingredients for tangerine muffin:
- tangerines – 400 g;
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- sugar – 60 g;
- yeast – tsp;
- flour – 550 g;
- butter – 20 g.
Preparation of mandarin muffin:
Mix in a bowl tangerines with eggs, sugar and yeast, thoroughly beat with an immersion blender. Pass the tangerine and egg mixture through a fine sieve, leaving the crumbs on the sieve.
Sift flour into the liquid from tangerines and eggs in batches, knead the dough. Pour the melted butter into the dough and continue kneading the slightly sticky dough.
Place the dough on a table greased with vegetable oil. Shape a large sausage from the dough and divide into 6 equal pieces. Grease a baking dish with butter
, shape the dough into balls, place them in the dish and cover with cling film and a towel.
Leave the dough to proof for 20 minutes.
Grease the muffin with egg yolk and bake at 170 degrees for half an hour.
This mandarin muffin turns out incredibly soft and flavorful.
If desired, it can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.
