A corn muffin is very easy to prepare. I gave these corn muffins a southwest twist by using masa de harina, green chilies and cheese to basic corn muffins. This recipes makes 24 small muffins. Extras can be frozen for latter use. Latter I found out that they make a FORKING SCRUMPTIOUS filling for fresh fish. They actually sell fresh fish at supermarkets here….WOW if you can get some fresh mild white fish by where you live you can make something incredible.
Ingredients for 24 servings
3/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup masa de harina
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter room temperature (either salted or unsalted butter will work here. – I usually use unsalted but got salted by accident and I thought I had enough salt so I’m adding sea salt to taste to recipe)
sea salt – to taste
1 egg – lightly beaten
2/3 cup non fat dry milk (or just one cup milk and skip the water in this recipe)
1 cup water
1 cup scallions – sliced thin
4 roasted chili peppers – peeled, stem & seeds removed – well chopped (I used Anaheims but many different ones are delicious…You might need more or less chilies depending on what kind you use)
2 cups mostly cheddar cheese – cut in small pea sized cubes.
1/2 cup cilantro – well chopped (thin stems are good but thick stems should be thrown out)
Directions
Set oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl mix together the masa de harina, corn meal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, dry milk, (and salt if using). Next mix in the butter, egg, water, scallion, chili peppers, cheese and cilantro.
You use paper cupcake liners because the cheesy muffins might stick to the pan.
Fill the cupcake liners a little over 1/2 way.
In my oven on middle rack the muffins were done in 15 minutes. Timing may differ slightly.
They are tasty and moist. Everyone will enjoy!
But after I made them I discovered that they make a FORKING AMAZING STUFFING for mild white fish. I cut a muffin in half and rolled a sole filet around half a muffin.
I rolled sole filets around 1/2 muffins and added my home made salsa to the tops of them and popped them in a 350 degree F oven on an oiled baking sheet for 20 minutes. They came out FORKING AMAZING!
