{"id":16518,"date":"2015-10-19T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=16518"},"modified":"2021-10-29T18:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T22:15:15","slug":"pumpkin-chocolate-and-cheddar-muffins-recipe-paired-with-torres-moscatel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/pumpkin-chocolate-and-cheddar-muffins-recipe-paired-with-torres-moscatel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin, Chocolate and Cheddar Muffins Recipe Paired with Torres Moscatel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"October<\/a><\/p>\n

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Take a Trick or Treat Break<\/p>\n

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Things are getting pretty spooky around here and in just a few days the kiddies will be lining up for yummy treats! I love seeing them all dressed up in their Halloween garb and can\u2019t wait to give them the assortment of candy I bought.<\/p>\n

I especially can\u2019t wait to whip up and enjoy a little trick or treat of my own. This great recipe for Pumpkin, Chocolate and Cheddar Muffins<\/strong><\/a> is the perfect mix of salty and sweet, with a surprising combination of chocolate and Canadian cheese – my two favourite things!<\/p>\n

The savoury Canadian Mild Cheddar compliments the bittersweet chocolate in a way you won\u2019t even believe. So after all that time spent handing out candy, you\u2019ll be able to satisfy your own little sweet tooth as well.<\/p>\n

And when the night is over, I\u2019m looking forward to sitting down with a nice glass of dessert wine to enjoy with my scrumptious muffins. Rosewood Harvest Gold Mead<\/strong><\/a> is full of lilies, chamomile, clover, Asian pear, pineapple, and a touch of bees wax. With a medley of fruitful flavours, it will bring out the tartness in the cheese and the sweetness in the pumpkin and chocolate.<\/p>\n

Another great dessert wine is Torres Floralis Oro Moscatel<\/strong> <\/a>from Spain. Not only is it one of my favourite dessert wines, it is a great value wine as well.<\/p>\n

After all the yummy goodness from the wine and muffins, I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be feeling as giddy as a kid in a candy store by the end of the night. I hope you do too!<\/p>\n

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\"Rosewood<\/a>
Ingredients<\/strong>:
2 eggs
2\/3 cup (160 mL) brown sugar
\u00bc cup (60 mL) unsalted butter, melted
1 cup (250 mL) homemade or store-bought pumpkin pur\u00e9e
2\/3 cup (160 mL) milk
\u00bd tsp (2 mL) pure vanilla extract
1 cup (250 mL) wheat bran
1 cup (250 mL) quick-cooking oat flakes
1\u00bd cups (375 mL) unbleached flour
2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder
1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
\u00bd cup (125 mL) bittersweet chocolate chips or chunks
3\/4 cup (180 mL) Canadian Mild Cheddar, diced
\"Torres<\/a>
Preparation:<\/strong>
Preheat oven to 350oF (180oC).<\/p>\n

In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the eggs with the brown sugar. Add melted butter, pumpkin pur\u00e9e, milk and vanilla extract.<\/p>\n

In a large bowl, mix remaining ingredients and make a well in the centre. Pour liquid ingredients into the well and mix just until combined.<\/p>\n

Divide batter into a muffin pan, greased and floured, or use paper muffin cups.<\/p>\n

Bake in oven for 25\u201330 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong>
To make homemade pumpkin pur\u00e9e:<\/p>\n

Wash exterior of pumpkin and cut in half. Remove seeds and fibrous parts. Cut into large chunks. Put pumpkin chunks, with peel facing up, in an oven-safe dish.<\/p>\n

Bake in an oven preheated to 350\u00b0F (180\u00b0C) for about 1 hour or until tender.<\/p>\n

Using a spoon, remove flesh and thoroughly drain. Discard peel. In a food processor, blend pumpkin flesh to a pur\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Approximately 1 lb (450 g) of pumpkin yields about 1 cup (250 ml) of pur\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Pur\u00e9e can be frozen and kept for several months.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Take a Trick or Treat Break \u00a0 Things are getting pretty spooky around here and in just a few days the kiddies will be lining up for yummy treats! I love seeing them all dressed up in their Halloween garb and can\u2019t wait to give them the assortment of candy I bought. I especially can\u2019t wait to whip up and enjoy a little trick or treat of my own. This great recipe for Pumpkin, Chocolate and Cheddar Muffins is the perfect mix of salty and sweet, with a surprising combination of chocolate and Canadian cheese – my two favourite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,166,124,169,1211,10,1324,242,1131,458,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-cheese-pairing","category-recipe-cheese","category-wine-dessert","category-recipe-dessert","category-dessert-wines","category-food-wine-pairing","category-muscat","category-pastry-wine","category-portugal-wines","category-spain-wines","category-wine-cheddar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16518"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54241,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16518\/revisions\/54241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}