Heirloom brandywines fresh off the vine, toasted pine nuts, fresh ginger, cinnamon, olive oil, orange blossom water, and buttermilk are married in these muffins by the powers vested in Michael Ruhlman’s quick bread ratio. With nothing more than his ratio, inspiration, and a flavor brainstorm I was able to make these beautifully crowned and impossibly moist muffins. No recipe. And anyone else can find this creative baking freedom too. Ratios & a scale. They will change your baking life. If you’re feeling inclined I bet these muffins would be good with a glaze of some sort, perhaps a citrus or ginger.
Course Dessert
Keyword ginger, muffins, pine nuts, tomato
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 25 minutesmins
Total Time 40 minutesmins
Servings 12muffins
Ingredients
Ruhlman’s Basic Quick Bread/Muffin Ratio (by weight):
2parts flour
2parts liquid
1part eggs
1part fatfor this recipe I used 1/2 part fat
1tspbaking powder per cup of flour
1tspsalt per 2 cups flourI just do it to taste
1part sugarif making a sweet bread/muffin… I use sugar to taste
Ingredients
Dry:
1cup120 g unbleached all-purpose flour
1cup120 g whole wheat pastry flour
1/2cupcane sugar
2tspbaking powder
1/2tspcinnamon
1/4tspkosher salt
Wet:
1-2large eggs120 g
1/2cup120 mL tomato purée
1/2cup120 mL buttermilk
1tsporange blossom water
1Tbspfresh gingerfinely minced
1Tbsplemon juice
1/4cup60 mL extra virgin olive oil
1/4cuptoasted pine nuts
Instructions
Heat oven to 350° F.
Toast pine nuts in a dry pan over medium high heat, stirring/tossing often until browned & fragrant.
In a mixing bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix together the wet ingredients.
Gently mix the wet ingredients into the dry, stirring until only just combined. Add in the pine nuts and stir until just distributed evenly. You don’t want to over stir because this will make your muffins tough.
Pour or scoop batter into a well oiled or lined muffin tin filling 3/4 of the way full. I use a non-stick spray whether I use liners or not.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until risen & a cake tester (or toothpick or skewer) comes out clean.