Whiskey & Pear Muffins

Contains wheat and dairy, Low Salicylate, Low Amine

Makes 6 large muffins

Adapted from a DELICIOUS recipe to be low chemical

Ingredients:

400g can pear slices in sugar syrup (reserve the syrup)
1/2 cup light brown sugar
125g unsalted butter, softened
100g creme fraiche
2 Tbsp golden syrup
1 tsp vanilla paste
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted

Syrup

3/4 cup light brown sugar
~3/4 cup reserved pear syrup from the tin
2 Tbsp whiskey

Method:

Prepare the baking tray

Line 1 x 6 large muffin tray, with paper cases or cut out baking paper
6 pieces of 16cm x 22cm baking paper

Preheat the Oven to 170 degrees Celsius
Drain the pears but reserve the sugar syrup for the whiskey syrup recipe
Roughly chop the pears and set aside
Cream the brown sugar and butter until pale and creamy
Beat in the creme fraiche and golden syrup
Add the vanilla and eggs and beat until combined
Gently incorporate the sifted flour
Fold through 2/3 of the chopped pear
Divide the mixture evenly between the 6 lined muffin holes
Top with the remaining pear and cook for 40 minutes
Fan force the oven for a further 5 minutes to brown the top.
They are done when a skewer comes out clean

Prepare the Syrup

Combine the brown sugar, pear syrup and whiskey in a small saucepan and bring to the boil.
Simmer for 8-10 minutes to reduce and slightly thicken the syrup

To Serve:

Drizzle the muffins with warm syrup
Serve remaining syrup is a pourable container, so it can be added as desired

RECIPES SUITABLE FOR THE RPAH FOOD CHEMICAL ELIMINATION DIET

Disclaimer: Please note that the food chemical elimination diet is a testing tool to find which food chemical substances your body is sensitive to. It is not intended to be a life-long diet. This procedure should be done with the supervision of your dietitian. Once the elimination investigations are complete you need to add foods back to the diet, from the food chemical groups you have been avoiding, to find your tolerance levels to the substances to which you are sensitive.

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