This is the stuff savoury muffin dreams are made of.
Sakura cheese Sakura Chīzu (桜チーズ, literally "Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Cheese")) is a soft cheese created in Hokkaidō, Japan.
This cheese is a creamy white, and is flavored with mountain cherry leaves, and accented with pickled cherry blossom flowers.
Ingredients of Sakura Cheese Muffins
- You need 1 of cup2Tbsp (180 g) flour.
- You need 11/2 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 3 Tbsp (45 g) of butter, room temp.
- You need 1/2 cup (120 g) of cream cheese, room temp.
- It's 1/2 cup (100 g) of sugar.
- You need 2 of eggs.
- It's 5 Tbsp of milk.
- You need 4 Tbsp of raisins.
- Prepare 20 of salted cherry blossoms.
Sakura Cheese Muffins step by step
- Grease your muffin tin..
- Rinse the cherry blossoms and soak in water until ready to use. I put them in water for about 2 hours..
- These are salted cherry blossoms. The salt preserves them for up to about a year..
- Soak raisins in hot water..
- Place butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl and mix until smooth..
- Preheat oven to 180°/355°..
- Add sugar and combine well. Then add eggs one at a time. Combine well..
- Add half of flour and baking powder and mix. Then pour the milk and combine. Add the other half of flour and baking powder and mix well..
- Drain the cherry blossoms and pat dry with a paper towel then chop. Drain the water from raisins. Add them in the batter and fold..
- Divide the batter into your muffin tin and bake about 20 mins..
- Enjoy lovely spring flavour!.
Made this lovely Sakura Cheesecake during the weekend. I used the remaining pickled sakura and ume jam from my Sakura Roll to make this yummy cheesecake. A delicious savory muffin - great for breakfast on the go, or serve with soup or salad. Note to World Tour participants - this recipe is typical of the fresh cheese and farm fresh ingredients found in. These moist, savory cheese and onion muffins would make excellent brunch muffins.
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