These quick and easy to prepare corn muffins, are the perfect breakfast or brunch bread. They are moist and crumbly, savory and a bit sweet and hot at the same time, and with the added sausage and goat cheese, they make a meal on their own. For brunch, or light lunch, serve them with a green salad, or with a bowl of light soup.
* I chose Italian sausages for the filling, as they are seasoned with fennel seeds, which add such wonderful flavor here. Obviously, any other good quality fresh sausage can be used instead.
* If you’re not a fan of goat cheese, you can substitute it with fresh Mozzarella or Feta cheese.
Makes: 12
Prep time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
6 sun dried tomatoes
3 scallions
½ small jalapeno
1 cup flour
1 ½ cups stone ground cornmeal
1 tsp salt
1 Tbs sugar
1 Tbs baking powder
2 L eggs
1 ½ cups milk, at room temperature
½ cup melted butter, at room temperature
½ cup corn kernels (fresh steamed, frozen and thawed or canned, drained)
2 fresh good quality Italian sausages, cut into 12 pieces x 0.6” (1.5cm)
½ cup crumbled fresh goat cheese
1. Preheat the oven to 360F (180C). Line a 12 hole muffin pan with paper cups.
2. Roughly chop the sun dried tomatoes and scallions. Small dice the jalapeno.
3. In a large bowl, place the flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar and baking powder and whisk to combine.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and melted butter. Add to the flour mixture and whisk to a smooth batter. Add the chopped sun dried tomatoes, scallions, jalapeno and corn kernels and mix briefly.
5. Fill the muffin holes with ¾ of the batter. Place 1 piece of sausage in each hole, pushing it gently almost to the bottom, but not all the way down. Add the crumbled goat cheese on top and finish with the rest of the batter.
6. Bake for 30 minutes. Take out of the oven and keep in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a rack to cool. Serve at room temperature.
what a lovely idea. I can’t wait to try these
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Thank you Philip! I hope you’ll enjoy the results. 🙂
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I love these, Ronit! Great flavors going on. I bet these would make an excellent appetizer too… maybe in a mini muffin pan? I like your use of goat cheese…I’ll save the feta for a different dish. 🙂
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Thank you Nancy. 🙂
Mini-muffin is a great option too – it just takes longer to assemble…
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So true… Time is a valuable commodity lately! I’ll stick with the regular size. 😉
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Ooo 🙂 These look fun to veganise 🙂 Think I’ll have a little play! Thank you 🙂
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I like your way of thinking! 🙂
I’ll be happy to see your take on it.
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They couldn’t wait (my polenta [corn meal] had been waiting for a recipe) so already made! Veganised and delicious! :)Thank you for dinner! I will post and link back to you soon! 🙂
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Wow, you’re quick! 🙂
Looking forward to see your take on it. 🙂
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Ronit my boyfriend would die for these muffins!! They look fabulous and oh my so yummy!
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Thank you Marta, I’m glad to know! 🙂
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Nice thought:-)
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Thank you! 🙂
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What a cute little pocket meal 🙂 But they look plenty hearty and filling. And flavorful. Yum.
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Thank you Liz!
Yes, they are quite filling – a whole dish in a small package. 🙂
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Corn for me and sausage for the Hub — those would certainly fill a niche around here!
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Thank you. I’m glad to hear! 🙂
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You’re right Ronit I would absolutely have these for brunch or even breakfast. I love goat cheese, sausage and corn. It doesn’t seem too difficult to put together either. Next time I host a brunch I will try and make this. Thank you
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Thanks for commenting, Jessica. The muffins are indeed very easy to assemble. I hope you’ll enjoy the results and I’ll be happy to hear your comments. 🙂
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I love corn muffins and make them a lot but never thought of stuffed muffins with the sausage meat.. What a great idea!! Thank you, Ronit! 🙂
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Thank you Yana, I’m glad you liked the idea. 🙂
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Ronit… check out todays post! https://lifediethealth.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/dinner-muffins-free-from-incredibly-moorish/ 🙂
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Love your version – the muffins look delightfully crumbly the addition of the spinach is brilliant. I will use it next time. 🙂
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They were amazing! 🙂 Thank you very much for the initial post! 🙂
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What an interesting and creative idea to use sausage in muffins! 🙂
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Thank you Mila! 🙂 The combination turned out very tasty. It also makes for a very nice surprise when you serve them – a good conversation starter when entertaining for brunch… 🙂
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It’s a great muffins’ name – ‘conversation muffins’ 🙂
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I like that! 🙂
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What a great idea to use sausage in the center. With my cornbread muffins I sometimes put some pepper jack cheese in the center. I have a special muffin pan with spikes in the center of each well 🙂
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I always add “this and that” to my cornbread – it looks different each time! 🙂 With this one I liked the results enough to write down the additions.
I think the special pan will make it better. 🙂
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