{"id":17242,"date":"2020-04-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/?p=17242"},"modified":"2023-02-15T07:19:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T07:19:19","slug":"courgette-red-pepper-feta-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/courgette-red-pepper-feta-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Courgette, Red Pepper &#038; Feta Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Courgette and Peppers to Tickle the Taste Buds from Burpee Seeds Europe<\/h3>\n<p>Not only does growing your own bring you a sense of achievement and wellbeing, but vegetables also keep much more of their vitamins when eaten quickly after harvesting.<\/p>\n<p>The courgette and pepper below are the perfect additions to a superb recipe (at the bottom of the release) devised for Burpee by the chef Valerie Hamelin.<\/p>\n<p>Courgette &#8216;Sure Thing&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>This Burpee bred courgette really is a \u2018Sure Thing\u2019 because parthenocarpic plants bear fruit early in cool, cloudy conditions even when there are no bees or male flowers around. Its medium-size fruits are long and very tasty, its strong flavour is good with other vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>Pepper &#8216;Popti&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate bell pepper for a container or small garden, each compact plant produces about ten fruits weighing 60\u201370 g and measuring 6\u20138 cm in length by 5 cm in width. The fruits ripen very early turning from light-green to deep red, with thick, juicy flesh. For maximum yield in the minimum of space \u2018Popti\u2019 cannot be beaten.<\/p>\n<h4>Courgette, Red Pepper &amp; Feta Muffins<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17250 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/burpee-courgette.jpg\" alt=\"burpee courgette\" width=\"687\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/burpee-courgette.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/burpee-courgette-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/burpee-courgette-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/burpee-courgette-150x102.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/>Makes 12 mini loaves<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>225g Courgette &#8216;Sure Thing&#8217; grated<br \/>\n1tbsp Fresh basil chopped<br \/>\n\u00bdtbsp Dry oregano<br \/>\n50g Sweet red pepper &#8216;Popti&#8217; diced<br \/>\n1tbsp Garlic &#8211; pureed or crushed<br \/>\n1tsp Smoked paprika<br \/>\n2tsp Baking powder<br \/>\n200g Plain flour<br \/>\n100ml Milk<br \/>\n100g Feta cheese &#8211; crumbed, alternatively use goats cheese<br \/>\n100ml Rapeseed oil<br \/>\n3 Eggs<br \/>\n2tbsp Parmesan cheese \u2013 grated<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp Salt and pepper for seasoning<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Place the grated courgette into a colander over a bowl and sprinkle with a little salt, this will help remove any excess liquid &#8211; Leave to drain for 20 minutes whilst preparing the rest of the recipe.<\/p>\n<p>Preheat the oven to 200C.<\/p>\n<p>Roast the diced peppers with the garlic for 8 minutes at 180C or until tender.<\/p>\n<p>Sieve the flour, baking powder and smoked paprika into a large bowl then lightly whisk the eggs, milk and oil in a jug then pour onto dry ingredients and fold through. Add the crumbled feta, red peppers, basil and mix lightly. Next, add the drained grated courgette and mix.<\/p>\n<p>Spoon the mixture into the muffin or mini loaf tin and sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Bake for 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Leave to cool in the tins for at least 10 minutes before turning on a wire rack.<\/p>\n<p>Tip: Why not try with diced chorizo. Delicious!<\/p>\n<p>To serve: Enjoy warm with dressed rocket leaves, perfect for picnics and light lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courgette and Peppers to Tickle the Taste Buds from Burpee Seeds Europe Not only does growing your own bring you a sense of achievement and wellbeing, but vegetables also keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3481,3771,287],"tags":[2999,3048,584,2975,3049,3050,197],"class_list":["post-17242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-gardening","category-recipes","tag-burpee-europe","tag-courgette","tag-gardening","tag-recipe","tag-red-pepper-and-feta-muffins","tag-seeds","tag-vegetarian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17251,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17242\/revisions\/17251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}