Blueberry Muffins with Chocolate

Ingredient

50g brown sugar
230g plain flour
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp bicarbonate soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 tbs bran / wheat germ
2 tbs desiccated coconut
2 eggs
70g Jalna Greek yoghurt
90g Red Island extra virgin olive oil
125g milk
150g blueberries, plus extra to garnish
150g dark chocolate, broken into large pieces, plus extra melted chocolate for garnish
Italian meringue to garnish

Method

Preheat the oven to 170 degrees fan-forced and line a 12-hole muffin tray with paper liners.

In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, bicarb, baking powder, bran and coconut and mix together.

In a medium bowl, combine eggs, yoghurt, oil and milk and whisk together.

Add wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold together until smooth.

Add blueberries and chocolate pieces into the batter and fold through. Three quarter fill the muffin liners and bake 20-25 minutes or until cooked through. Transfer muffins to a cooling rack and set aside for 10 minutes.

Spoon a little chocolate and meringue onto each muffin and top with a few blueberries.

Recipe by Michael Weldon