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Radicchio muffins with saffron mousse

Savoury muffins made with radicchio and Parmesan, topped with a whipped saffron and robiola mousse. A refined appetiser or brunch dish.

Preparation Time:
30 min
Cooking:
20 min
People:
4
Difficulty:
Easy
Course:
Chef:
Cristian Broglia

Ingredients

Muffins
200 g Plain flour
200 g Whole white yogurt
25 g Sunflower seed oil
4 Whole eggs
6 g Baking powder
90 g Red radicchio
25 g Grated Parmesan cheese
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
Saffron Mousse
150 g Robiola cheese
20 ml Fresh cream
0.15 g Saffron powder

Proceedings

1

Season chopped radicchio with sunflower oil, salt, and pepper. 

2

Mix eggs with oil, yogurt and baking powder for 3 minutes, add red radicchio Parmesan cheese and mix, finally insert salt and flour and incorporate gently.

3

Pour the dough into the previously buttered and floured muffin tins and bake in multistep mode: first steam cooking 20% at 190° for 5 minutes, then traditional fan assisted mode at 180° for 16 minutes, remove from oven and take out the muffins and let them cool.

4

Whip the robiola cheese with cream, parmesan and saffron until you have fluffy mousse, pour it into a piping bag with a ribbed nozzle.

5

Lay the muffins on individual plates, decorate creating a tuft of robiola cheese.

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