Bread with herbs, olives, sundried tomatoes, etc.
Barriehie
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It's all me! I like making different breads. I've got a jalapeno cheese, salt and pepper, chili, whatever. My making bread is like making sausage; I've got flavors the stores never heard of!
AdaptAndAchieve
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You may be able to assist me .. this isn't for bread type bread .. but for a savoury muffin (quickbread). Given that I don't want to add cheese (saturated fat), and don't like hot/spicy (very mild warmth is ok) ... do you have any thoughts for savoury flavour muffin?It's all me! I like making different breads. I've got a jalapeno cheese, salt and pepper, chili, whatever. My making bread is like making sausage; I've got flavors the stores never heard of!
Pretty much all the flavours I see involve cheese as it's an easy win, eg in ham and cheese.
Barriehie
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Dry. If they were packed in oil I'd blot them as best I could before the boiling water.
Barriehie
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Hmm, thought about mushrooms? Sounds weird at first but wen we make stuffing or dressing it's always got lots of mushrooms and those are bread type dishes. You wouldn't necessarily have to use mushrooms like in pieces. I've cooked them and then, with reduced broth, blitzed them in a mini food mill so it was more like mushroom paste to add to a dish. You could perhaps find something like this.
Thoughts?
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AdaptAndAchieve
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Thanks, mushrooms are a good idea and not one I'd really looked at. They would lend themselves to a mushroom and tomato flavour. I'd look at cooking both of those two off first (separately I think) to remove a bunch of water, then throw them in chopped up (as you would a large fruit). I guess dried whole mushrooms, or pieces would work too. I spy a test breakfast muffin in the planning stage 
Barriehie
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I know muffin mixes are rather wet like batters so you might want to treat the added in parts like adding fruit to cake so it doesn't sink. Just a thought.Thanks, mushrooms are a good idea and not one I'd really looked at. They would lend themselves to a mushroom and tomato flavour. I'd look at cooking both of those two off first (separately I think) to remove a bunch of water, then throw them in chopped up (as you would a large fruit). I guess dried whole mushrooms, or pieces would work too. I spy a test breakfast muffin in the planning stage
JAS_OH1
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I've got a big bag of dehydrated shiitake mushrooms in my pantry. Hmmm.Thanks, mushrooms are a good idea and not one I'd really looked at. They would lend themselves to a mushroom and tomato flavour. I'd look at cooking both of those two off first (separately I think) to remove a bunch of water, then throw them in chopped up (as you would a large fruit). I guess dried whole mushrooms, or pieces would work too. I spy a test breakfast muffin in the planning stage
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AdaptAndAchieve
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right now I'm thinking the most bang for my buck in flavours is slow roasting first - including items like mushroom / tomato / bell pepper / caramelised onion.
Weighing up the flour and tossing the veg in a bit of it should prevent sinking if I find it occurs, I don't generally find fruit sinks very much.
badjak
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You can go so many different ways...
Caper or olives & anchovies
Chives, and/or bacon and tomato
Caramalised onions like you mentioned, maybe also combined with olives & anchovies (sort of pissalidiere muffin)
Mushrooms
Finely chopped green beans
Look at Asian flavourings, add a little Thai red curry paste, or Indian curry powder
Grab a menu from the pizzeria and almost all toppings will work in bread or muffins as well
I have used a nasi goreng spice mix combined with bacon pieces & soy sauce in bread. Very nice as bar snack.
Just needs a bit of adjusting of salt content (like some of the combo's above)
Caper or olives & anchovies
Chives, and/or bacon and tomato
Caramalised onions like you mentioned, maybe also combined with olives & anchovies (sort of pissalidiere muffin)
Mushrooms
Finely chopped green beans
Look at Asian flavourings, add a little Thai red curry paste, or Indian curry powder
Grab a menu from the pizzeria and almost all toppings will work in bread or muffins as well
I have used a nasi goreng spice mix combined with bacon pieces & soy sauce in bread. Very nice as bar snack.
Just needs a bit of adjusting of salt content (like some of the combo's above)
Not exactly a classic loaf, but I've used black olives and sundried tomatoes in focaccia.
Barriehie
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I've done that and drizzling EVOO while I eat it.