Sweet Potato and Bacon Muffins (AIP, paleo)

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Sweet Potato and Bacon Muffins (AIP, paleo)

Those easy to make savory muffins are perfect for an on the go meal

Prep Time20

Cook Time25

Total Time45

Course: Appetizer, Breakfast, Lunch

Cuisine: French

Suitable for Diet: Gluten Free, Low lactose diet

Diet: AIP, Coconut free, Dairy free, Egg free, Gluten free, Paleo

Servings: muffins

Calories: 286kcal

Author: Bea C.

Equipment

Ingredients

250 g sweet potato puree (see notes above to know how to make sweet potato puree. Use orange sweet potatoes)
150 g tigernut flour (or almond flour if you are not on AIP nor nut intolerant)
50 g arrowroot (see notes below for substitutions)
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice)
4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
75 g mushrooms (about 5 small mushrooms)
100 g onion (about one small onion)
100 g bacon cubes
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of sea salt

Weights - Cups

Instructions

Preheat oven to 360° F (180° C)
Peel and dice the onion. Heat a skillet on medium heat. Pour the bacon cubes and onion in the skillet. Clean the mushrooms, slice them and add them to the pan. Let the whole thing on medium heat until it's cooked.
In the meantime, in a blender combine the sweet potato puree, apple cider vinegar and olive oil. Blend until well combined.
In a large bowl, combine the tigernut flour, arrow root, baking soda and pinch of salt. Stir.
Add the sweet potato purée to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
Then add all sauted bacon, mushrooms and onion to the bowl and mix all the ingredients together.
Line or lightly oil a muffin pan. Fill each muffin cup with dough (you should get about 8 muffins depending on your pan).
Bake for about 25 minutes for the muffins (or for about 35 minutes for the loaf). To make sure that they are cooked, insert a thin bladed knife into the centre of one the muffins, the knife should come out clean. And voilà! Wait for them to cool down before removing from the pan. Serve at room temperature along with a salad or soup.
Bon appétit !

Notes

Although I spend quite a lot of time converting all my recipes to cups (yes, manually, in my kitchen) I highly recommend using a scale and measuring for weight rather than using cups. The reason for this is, apart from the whole debate of accuracy, the density of certain gluten free flours and starches differ a lot from one brand to another. Also keep in mind that all cups are not the same size all around the world which makes another good reason to use a scale so you won't get this issue.

To make sweet potato puree, you can either :

use a steamer (my personal favorite) : peel and slice the sweet potatoes. Put them in your steamer and cook for about 20-25 minutes or until they are soft.
use an oven : use a fork to pierce several holes into the sweet potatoes, then place them on a baking dish and cook in the oven for about 1 hour at 400°F (205°C) or until they are soft. Then slice them down the middle and scoop out the flesh, discarding the skin.
use a microwave-oven : use the same process as with the oven, then place them on a microwave-oven safe dish and cook for about 10 minutes or until they are soft.

Whichever way you decide to cook your sweet potatoes, once they are cooked and cooled down, just add them to your blender with the other ingredients of this recipe.

Arrowroot substitutions. If you are not cassava intolerant, you can use tapioca flour instead of arrowroot. Both are AIP and paleo compliant. If you are not on the AIP nor paleo diets you can use potato or corn starch instead of arrowroot.

Storage and how to serve. After they are cooled, store the muffins in the refrigerator (no more than 2 days in the fridge, otherwise, they will get dry). After storing them in the fridge, you do not need to reheat them. In France, they are eaten at room temperature. But if you prefer them hot, you can reheat them. Though keep in mind that reheating them might dry them out a bit. Take them out of the fridge in advance in order for them to reach room temperature. You can also eat them right out of the fridge if you forget to get it out in advance.

Please keep in mind that the nutritional information is calculated using a nutrition facts calculator. It is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

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