Sunday, 13 April 2025

Feijoa, Lime, and Poppy Seed Muffins

Another feijoa recipe! Shocking, I know! But the fruit onslaught continues. And I haven't even tried all of the feijoa recipes yet! So, here's another one for the books.

I will admit that I adulterated this one somewhat. I stuck mostly to the recipe. But I did omit the sprinkle of sugar over the tops of the muffins. And I also added a bit of sourdough starter to the batter. I think I probably ended up adding a bit too much starter. But it was an interesting experiemnt nonetheless.

I think next time I'd try using a bit less starter and/or adding some mashed banana to balance things out. They were still pretty good overall though. And, perhaps most importantly, it was a good way to use up a bunch more feijoas!

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Feijoa, Lime, and Poppy Seed Muffins

Slightly adapted from NZ Woman's Weekly

Ingredients

  • 125g butter, softened
  • 100g brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 250g feijoa pulp, chopped
  • zest and juice of 1 lime
  • 250g sourdough discard @ 100% hydration (optional)
  • 1 banana, mashed
  • 1/4 c. milk
  • 125g soft (plain/standard/cake) flour
  • 90g whole wheat flour
  • 2 Tbsp. poppy seeds
  • 1 Tbsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. ground ginger
  • 11-12 small feijoas, halved and scooped

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F) and grease your muffin tins.1
  2. Cream the butter with the sugar.
  3. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
  4. Combine the feijoa pulp, lime zest, and lime juice and stir it into the creamed mixture.
  5. Stir in the starter and banana (if using).
  6. Mix in the milk.
  7. Add the flours and poppy seeds and sift the baking powder and ginger on top, then stir to combine.
  8. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins.
  9. Press a feijoa half into the top of each muffin.
  10. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 18-20 minutes.
  11. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.



1 As originally written, this recipe claimed to make 15 "small" muffins. With the added cup of sourdough starter, I got 22 muffins each with a diameter of ~5cm out of mine (but a couple of them were a bit skimpy). If you also added the banana, then you'd probably be able to get 22 generous muffins or 24 slightly short ones. Back

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