Triple chocolate Muffin with Malteser crumble

Sat, 27 November 2021

Triple chocolate Muffin with Malteser crumble

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

250 g self-raising flour

50g cocoa powder

Pinch of salt

1 tsp baking powder

50g dark chocolate chips

50g milk chocolate chips

125g melted butter

2 eggs

250g buttermilk

200g maple syrup

 

Chocolate ganache

75g Dark Chocolate

225g Milk Chocolate

210g Cream

 

To Garnish

Packet of Maltesers

50g Dark chocolate chips

50g Milk chocolate chips

Method:

 

Ganache:

1. Warm the cream in a clean saucepan, Heat it to just below a simmer. 

2. Place the milk and dark chocolate chips into a bowl and pour over the heated cream. Allow the mix to sit for 1 minute before stirring everything together. 

3. Cover the bowl in cling film and leave to one side to set.

Muffin mix:

1. Combine in a bowl all the dry ingredients, The self-raising flour, salt, baking powder, chocolate chips and cocoa powder.

2. In a separate bowl combine the melted butter, buttermilk, eggs and maple syrup

and mix everything together. 

3. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix just enough till everything is combined. The mixture ideally should be covered over and left in the fridge overnight.

4. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 210c.

5. Using a muffin tray lined with muffin cases add a little of the muffin mix to each case, just enough to cover the base of the case. 

6. To the center of each muffin add a spoonful of chocolate ganache. Fill the

remaining muffin case with more muffin mix enough to cover over the ganache and the muffin case is 5/6 full. Top each muffin with additional chocolate chips. 

7. Place the muffin tray in the preheated oven at 210c. Turn the oven to 200c and bake for 15 mins. Once baked, allow to cool. When cool, top each muffin with more chocolate ganache and crushed Maltesers.