Challenging Arts & Crafts: rosemary muffins with ham and walnuts

I have to admit, I´ve been relaxed and was taking time with regards to writing/translating my german recipes for the blog...You can´t blame me, we have summer here, too hot & humid to be inspired! Crafting and posting are a bit out of my world right now.LOL!

But wait, I just dragged myself today to finish translating this recipe. I know there are some readers of my FB page Challenging Arts & Crafts waiting out there for this one....so, I finally wrote & translated it for the benefit of those waiting this to get posted.

Rosemary Muffins with Ham and Walnuts

Ingredients

fresh rosemary ( or 1 tsp of chopped & dried rosemary)

40 g walnuts coarsely chopped

125 ml olive OIL

1 garlic clove

250 g flour

2 tsps baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 large egg

250 ml buttermilk

frshly ground pepper

100 g parmesan or grana padano

cheese, freshly grated

125 g of dried cranberry

rosemary to garnish

Rosemary twigs

Preheat the oven at 175°C/ 347°F ... brush the muffin tray with butter or margarine or you can use paperforms to line the muffin tray.

1. Pluck the rosemary needles from it´s twig and chop these coarsely with the walnuts. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan and briefly roast the rosemary and walnuts adding the clove of crushed garlic.

2. Mix the flour with baking powder and salt, set aside.....

Whisk the eggs in another container, add the remaining olive oil and the buttermilk, season with ground pepper.

Add this mixture to the flour stirring constantly to make a smooth batter...then add the rosemary, walnut, parmesan and cranberrys rapidly among the dough work.

3. Fill each paper case with 3/4 batter and garnish the top with a thin slice of ham. Bake on the middle rack 25-30 minutes.

4. Take muffins out of the oven and let cool on a wire rack. This can be served hot or cold.