Savoury Cherry Tomato, Paprika Mozzarella Muffins

I had a sudden yearning for savoury scones and I blame Johanna who blogs over at Green Gourmet Giraffe for this as she has been making and baking savoury muffins in her Melbourne home.  

Also, we picked up a big block of mozzarella for panini and I have been wondering what to do with the rest, so this is the first of mozzarella recipes to come....or perhaps not, that is if we use it up for more homemade panini's.

When I bit into the muffin, the scent of the spices, mostly the smoked paprika hit my face.  The flavour is almost pizza like.  I also loved the colours, the lipstick red from the cherry tomatoes was eye popping and the greens from the spring onions a little frazzled from the bake and if you look closely you can see the creamy melt from the mozzarella cheese.

We did not finish these Savoury Cherry Tomato, Paprika and Mozzarella Muffins on the day as the recipe makes a dozen.  

Look I am greedy, but even I cannot eat half a dozen.  However, we did polish them off  over three days.  I took mine into work and gave it a few seconds burst in the microwave for warmth.  It made for a change from a sweet muffins and flapjacks. 

I am sharing the Savoury  Cherry Tomato, Paprika Mozzarella Muffins with Treat Petite hosted by The Baking Explorer and CakeyBoi.; and CookBlog Share; hosted by  Hijacked By Twins; Easy Peasy Foodie and Recipes Made Easy.

Black Bursa Figs Mozzarella Pizza Tart

It's a a pizza kind of day.

 Except this is not a pizza, its more of a tart.  

I made this a few weeks back with what is a luxury fruit in our home: fresh Turkish Black Bursa Figs.  

I was a little unsure when D picked these Black Bursa Figs, as we had plums falling in our garden, but he said he wanted something different fruit to eat for a change from the usual apples, bananas and oranges.  I then thought fair enough we don't eat fresh figs much, only if we go overseas to places like Turkey or Cyprus.  

The figs are squat like in shape and much darker in colour, deep purple and nearly black in places. They made for a nice change, but we had way too many and they were super ripe and fragile to the touch.   I decided to make a pizza like tart.  I spread a little green basil pesto on the base, topped it with slices of figs then dotted it with some mozzarella balls (you can use a vegan alternative if you want).  Then it went into the oven for around 20 minutes or so, until golden.  As this Black Bursa Figs Pizza Tart can be sliced into many little bite size pieces, I am sharing it with Tea Time Treats as the theme is Savoury Foods hosted by Lavender and Lovage, Travels for Taste and Jo's Kitchen. 

Asparagus, Tomato and Mozzarella Easy Tart

Over the past week, we have had this Asparagus, Tomato and Mozzarella Tart three times, honest three times  in one week. 

When we know we are going to have a busy week ahead of us, I tend to cook big pots over the weekend that will last us three days at least, but if I am working weekend then this is not always possible,  So we sometimes pick up stand by ingredients that would be easy to put together for a light and quick evening meal.  In the fridge we have had fresh British grown baby Roma cherry tomatoes, seasonal asparagus spears and balls of fresh mozzarella, as well as ready rolled puff pastry, so an easy to cook and eat tart has been on the menu.  

I wold have varied the topping, but D loved the first tart so much, that he requested it again and again. The tomatoes were proper red and bursting with flavour, the asparagus retained their bite and the mozzarella made this tart feel like a healthy pizza. 

Artichoke and mozzarella wraps

Its been a busy day of house-cleaning, so it was a quick lunch today with some store-cupboard and fridge ingredients.

I can hardly give you a recipe for this. So will just let you know what ingredients I used. You will need a panini press for this.

Artichoke, mozzarella and greens wrap

Ingredients

Some artichokes from a jar in oil, drained of oil

Greens such as rocket, watercress, spinach

Mozzarella cheese, the type used on pizzas

Tortilla wraps

Pepper to taste

Method

Put in required amount of ingredients into the tortilla, then wrap well and cook on a panini press till cheese has melted.