Pecan Muffins In Blood Orange Syrup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 5 large eggs, separated (or 6 small eggs)
• 1 tablespoon sugar (divided, see directions)
• 100 g raw pecans (or pistachio)
• 50 g all-purpose flour
• 50 g fine semolina flour
• 1/2 blood orange, zest of
• 1 blood orange, zest of
• 1 cup blood orange juice, pulp-free unsweetened
• 1 cup unsweetened orange juice, pulp-free
• 425 g sugar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 300 ml thickened cream (for whipping)

Recipe

• 1 preheat fan-forced oven to 170 degrees centigrade. grease a muffin tray with 12 holes.
• 2 muffins;.
• 3 whisk egg whites and a pinch of the sugar with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
• 4 in a separate bowl, add zest of 1/2 blood orange and remainder of the sugar to the egg yolks. whisk with an electric mixer till the yolks turn a pale yellow colour.
• 5 chop pecans in a food processor until coarsely chopped.
• 6 fold pecans, flour and semolina flour into egg whites. fold yolk mixture in gently to combine. fold gently to keep fluffiness in mixture.
• 7 spoon mixture evenly into muffin tray and cook in preheated oven for 18 minutes.
• 8 syrup:.
• 9 add zest of 1 blood orange, the sugar, orange and blood orange juices to a heavy based saucepan.
• 10 cook on high heat, stir to dissolve sugar. cook until it comes to a boil.
• 11 turn heat to low and simmer gently until it thickens slightly (about 8 minutes). set aside.
• 12 garnish:.
• 13 whip cream until stiff. fold honey through the cream.
• 14 make 12 blood orange segments by cutting each orange into 6 pieces and remove the skin.
• 15 serving:.
• 16 take muffins out of oven and run a small spatula around each muffin to ensure they are not stuck to the pan.
• 17 while syrup and muffins are still hot, pour 2 small ladles of syrup over each muffin while they are still in the muffin tray, reserving 125ml for serving.
• 18 serve one muffin with a tbsp of the whipped cream and honey mixture and a blood orange segment. drizzle with 1 tbsp reserved syrup.