Vilinski muffini

Beltane je slavlje plodnosti i vjenčanja Boga i Božice. Stoga i hrana u ritualu treba svojom naravi i simbolikom biti prikladna. Banane i lješnjaci kao simboli muške plodnosti i jagode kao afrodizijak su iznimno prikladni sastojci, a zobene pahuljice također neizostavan sastojak velikog broja Beltanskih recepata. 

Potrebno je:

• 200 g pšenične krupice
• 80-100 g zobenih pahuljica
• 3 žlice narančinog soka (niti 1 cijela naranča)
• 1 žlica naribane narančine gore
• 90 g omekšalog maslaca
• 1 banana
• 150 g nasjeckanih jagoda
• 100 g šećera
• 120 g mljevenih lješnjaka
• 1-1 1/2 prašak za pecivo
• 6 jaja
• 1 vanilin šećer

Priprema:

1. Odvojite u 2 zdjele žumanjak i bjelanjak. Napravite snijeg od bjelanjaka.
2. Izmiješajte žumanjke, šećer, vanilin šećer, narančinu koru i sok od naranče.
3. Samlijte lješnjake (preporučam u nekakav multipraktik).
4. U smjesu žumanjaka dodajte krupicu, prašak za pecivo, samljevene lješnjake i omekšali maslac.
5. Bananu i jagode nasjeckajte na manje komade (naravno, operite jagode i skinite s njih peteljke) te ručnim blenderom ih ispasirajte tako da ostane još nešto krupnih komada.
6. U smjesu žutanjaka dodajte bananu i jagode te pomalo dodajite snijeg od bjelanjaka.
7. Pripremite kalupe za muffine (ili ih malo namastite ili, ako imate košarice, samo njih posložite u košarice).
8. Ugrijte pećnicu na 175°C i pecite 20 minuta.

Napomena: ja sam radila "mini muffine" i obične muffine. Mini muffine sam pekla 15-20 minuta na 150°C, a obične kako sam navela u uputama. Od navedene smjese sam dobila 30 mini muffina i 12 običnih muffina. Po svemu sudeći biste od ove smjese trebali dobiti oko 20 običnih muffina.

I sada uživajte u slatkišima! :D

Faery Muffins

Beltane is the celebration of fertility and the marriage of the God and Goddess. So any food included in the ritual should be appropriate in its nature and its symbolism. Bananas and hazelnuts as symbols of male fertility and strawberries as an aphrodisiac are extremely appropriate ingredients, while oatmeal are an essential ingredient of many Beltane recipes.

You Will Need:

• 200g semolina
• 80-100g oats/oat flakes
• 3 tbsp orange juice (freshly squeezed, you won't need even one whole orange)
• 1 tbsp orange zest
• 90g softened butter
• 1 banana
• 150g chopped strawberries
• 100g sugar
• 120g ground hazelnuts
• 1-1.5 packs baking powder
• 6 eggs
• 1 vanilla sugar

How To Prepare:

1. Separate the yolks and egg whites in two bowls. Whisk the egg whites into a firm snow.
2. Mix together the yolks, sugar, vanilla sugar, orange zest and orange juice.
3. Grind the hazelnuts (I recommend using a blender of some sort for this).
4. In the egg yolk mixture, add semolina, baking powder, ground hazelnuts and softened butter.
5. Chop the banana and strawberries into smaller pieces (don't forget to wash the strawberries and cut off the stems) and using a blender, blend them into a paste but leave in some chunks.
6. Add the banana and strawberry mixture into the egg yolk mixture and start adding the egg whites little by little and mixing it in.
7. Prepare your muffin tin (you can either grease it a bit or, if you have paper muffin cups just put them in the tin and put the mixture in them).
8. Heat up the oven to 175°C and bake for 20 minutes.

Note: I made mini muffins and normal-size muffins. I baked the mini muffins for 15-20 minutes at 150°C and the normal muffins as explained in the directions above. The quantity above yielded 30 mini muffins and 12 normal-size ones. But if you decide to just make normal muffins, I think you should get about 20 of them from this amount of ingredients.

And now go enjoy your sweets! :D