Sakura Cheese Muffins 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

  1. It's 1 of cup2Tbsp (180 g) flour.
  2. It's 11/2 tsp of baking powder.
  3. You need 3 Tbsp (45 g) of butter, room temp.
  4. You need 1/2 cup (120 g) of cream cheese, room temp.
  5. You need 1/2 cup (100 g) of sugar.
  6. It's 2 of eggs.
  7. It's 5 Tbsp of milk.
  8. It's 4 Tbsp of raisins.
  9. You need 20 of salted cherry blossoms.

Sakura Cheese Muffins step by step

  1. Grease your muffin tin..
  2. Rinse the cherry blossoms and soak in water until ready to use. I put them in water for about 2 hours..
  3. These are salted cherry blossoms. The salt preserves them for up to about a year..
  4. Soak raisins in hot water..
  5. Place butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl and mix until smooth..
  6. Preheat oven to 180°/355°..
  7. Add sugar and combine well. Then add eggs one at a time. Combine well..
  8. 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..
  9. 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..
  10. Divide the batter into your muffin tin and bake about 20 mins..
  11. 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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