For some people, its an English roast dinner. For others; the crispy and sought-after pastry that tops the perfect pie. For me, its those damnable blueberry muffins. I am talking about the weakness in the kitchen that you dread preparing, because you just KNOW it will turn out horrifically.
Whenever I shop at Morrisons, I get depressed. Most of their bakery produce is dire; however the lowest shelf in the bakery makes up for this. They ram about 500 bluberries into each case, and it still ends up tenderly moist and spongy. Each one is also big enough to feed an entire family of six. The Times even gave it full marks in a review, beating Marks and Spencer's own for goodness sake. And who ever beats M&S??!
When I first started, I invented my own recipe for the batter. It was 'OK', in the sense that I was sort-of satisified with the texture, until I tried Morrisons'. Then I realised how poor it was. I scoured libraries and the writings of famous chefs. All of which were OK to horrendous. I've only just finished Phil Vickery's take on it, and it seems the poor guy must have confused 'muffin' for 'rock cake' or 'scone'. At a light golden colour, they are easily dense enough to hurl at a passing-by car and cause a dent. And he swears by lemon zest, instead of vanilla essence.
I was prepared to go back and at least toy with my own dire recipe before I forget it entirely, until I realised that I've lost the notes I made. Blast.
I was kind of hoping somebody out there might have the recipe I've been looking for. Spongy, full of fruit, awesome flavour and not a dry area in sight. Comments/hints (or answers!!) very welcome :)
2 comments:
All the blueberry muffin's I ever eat come from the Costco bakery. Let me know if you want to learn more about Costco, and the American psyche.
Hmmm...do you have a recipe??
Would be much appreciated, Jo :)
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