Ingredients
| Dough: |
| 200 g Nominal wholegrain spelt flour 80 g butter 1 small egg 60 ml milk ca. 2 g salt 2-3 g baking powder |
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Filling: |
| 250-300 g leafy spinach 100 g Black Forrest ham 2 cloves garlic 2 TBSP oil 3 eggs 80 g sour cream 80 g plain cottage cheese salt, pepper,(nutmeg) you can add some grated cheese |
How to prepare
Once your garden is properly groomed and you house squeaky clean on the Maundy Thursday, you can make this day even more enjoyable with the small savoury tarts with spinach filling. Not only should this green dish ensure your health for the entire year, it also tastes fantastically.
Feel free to prepare the shortcrust dough a day in advance, but letting it stand for at least an hour will suffice as well. Mix the dough, salt and baking powder and add the cold butter sliced into small pieces, the egg and some cold milk. Use all of the ingredients to create a dough kneading it only shortly. Let it stand afterwards.
In the meantime, you can prepare the filling. Use a frying pan to sauté the chopped garlic on some oil. You can add the diced Black Forrest ham and finish with the washed leafy spinach roasting it on the pan until it wilts a little. Stir the eggs in a bowl with the sour cream and cottage cheese, season it with the salt and pepper and possibly even with the grated nutmeg. Lastly, mix in the frying pan contents.
Use the matured dough to prepare the cake base depending on the used form. In our case, you will form small muffins using a muffin form. Roll the dough flat (about 3 mm). Cut out small circles (larger than the top diameter of the muffin). Indicate the bottom size and use the edges of the dough to cut out four dough wedges. When placed in the muffin form, the dough should not overlap and it should be roughly the same thickness everywhere. Puncture the bottom using a fork. Place the form in a preheated oven and bake at 180 °C for 8-10 minuets. Use the conventional heating program. Fill the prebaked muffins and continue baking for 25-30 more minutes. They are best served hot or warm, but you will enjoy them cold as well.
The amount of dough will be enough for about 12 muffins (using a form - about 6 cm diameter).
Our tip: You can change up the filling by adding 2 tablespoons of finely grated cheese. It can be cheddar or even parmesan or grana padano. Or you can just sprinkle the parmesan on top of each muffin before baking.
