Zucchini and Ham Muffins

Zucchini and Ham muffins fresh from the oven with all of their cheesy deliciousness. For savory zucchini muffins that will be DEVOURED you need to get this batter in your muffin pat STAT!

Like our Zucchini Parmesan Muffins these moist ham and cheese muffins are the talk of the breakfast table! You could also make them as mini muffins for quick on the go snacks! Or if you would like to try an egg based recipe without flour, then try our Zucchini Slice Muffins.

How do hot savoury muffins, fresh from the oven smeared with mustard yoghurt sound to you? They sound goooooood right!!

Zucchini and ham muffins for a savory breakfast recipe that is simply delicious

This is THE BEST recipe for making savoury zucchini muffins that you can find!

Zucchini and Ham Muffins

Zucchini muffins are such a great recipe to make! They provide a tasty savoury option for breakfast, brunch or lunch and are versatile with easy ingredients. For muffins without flour check out our Zucchini Slice Muffins. Or for snacks have a look at our Zucchini Mini Muffins.

These zucchini and ham muffins are easy to make and can be done in less than an hour. 

The main difference between these and our Zucchini Parmesan Muffins is that they are vegetarian and these zucchini and ham muffins are not. There is also a few minor changes to the recipe as there is parmesan cheese in that recipe but not in this one.

For this recipe, we are after a fluffy and tasty muffin that has flavoursome seasoned zucchini.

Getting the garlic, onion, salt and pepper into our zucchini plus adding the ham and cheese makes these muffins ultra cheesy and delicious! (Yum, right).

Mustard yoghurt is perfect to serve these with as it is like butter and has a thick creamy texture.

I like to use thinly sliced zucchini, however, you can also used shredded (grated zucchini).

Ingredients

The essential ingredients for these muffins is zucchini and ham. They are the winning combination, the stars of the show. There is no sugar in the recipe and we use basic, easy to obtain ingredients.

Choose medium zucchini not large ones, for they hold less water and are guaranteed to fit in the food processor.

• zucchini
• ham
• self-raising flour
• cheese
• butter
• eggs
• milk
• garlic powder
• dried onion
• salt
• pepper

You can see exactly what you need in the photo of the ingredients in the photo below.

Purchasing diced ham will save you some time as it is ready to go with no prep work involved!

How do you make Zucchini Ham Muffins?

To make Zucchini and Ham Muffins, we need to follow some easy steps.

Choose between 6 large muffins using the texas muffin pan or 12 regular muffins

There is essentially 16 steps from start to finish for this recipe. I have taken photos of these below, so you can follow easily.

We season our zucchini and add our ham to it to get things rolling.Then we need to make our muffin batter and mix these together.

This is the breakdown of steps:

1. add salt, pepper, garlic, onion and ham to sliced zucchini (shown in photos 1-5)
2. stir to combine (shown in photo 6)
3. melt butter in heat proof jug (shown in photo 7)
4. add milk (shown in photo 8 )
5. crack eggs and add 1 by 1 using fork to whisk as you go (shown in photo 9)
6. add flour and egg mix to a mixing bowl (shown in photo 10)
7. add cheese and stir to combine (shown in photos 11 and 12)
8. pour seasoned zucchini and ham into flour batter (shown in photo 13) 
9. stir to combine (shown in photo 14)
10. spoon batter into muffin tin (shown in photo 15)
11. press remaining zucchini and ham mix onto tops of muffins (shown in photo 16)

You need to thoroughly mix the zucchini and ham mix into your batter so that each bite of your muffins will have a combination of textures.

Reserve a little of the seasoned zucchini and ham mix to top your muffins with.

There are 3 essential steps highlighted in the process shots above. These are the steps that we need to focus on to ensure our muffins turn out cheesy and delicious.

These steps are shown in the photo below. Seasoning, stirring and topping our muffins can be seen here.

3 essential steps to make Zucchini and Ham Muffins

These steps ensure that we have well seasoned, tasty zucchini muffins. The savoury muffins will tick the taste box, the texture box and the cheesy delicious box.

How to serve Zucchini and Ham muffins

The best way to serve Zucchini and Ham muffins is to use a thick spread.

The mustard yoghurt is one which we have used a couple of times on the blog. It pairs well with both our Zucchini Frittata and our Zucchini Parmesan Bread.

It will keep for a few days in the fridge, which is perfect for serving when you are in a hurry.  You can see the spread in the photo below, I top it with cracked pepper which works well. 

Zucchini muffin tips for success:

• lay the zucchini and ham pieces in a flat layer on top as to allow them to cook
• push the ham pieces into the top of the muffins, they will burn easily
• use either Hot English Mustard, Dijon mustard or American mustard

If you don't have a food processor, you can use a mandolin for the same effect when slicing your zucchini.

FAQs to cook your zucchini and ham muffins

1. this recipe will make 6 large muffins
2. use a regular muffin pan for 12 smaller ones
3. these muffins freeze and reheat well
4. use a skewer to test muffins before removing from oven

Zucchini and Ham Muffins quick info:

About the recipe:

• this is a savory recipe
• the zucchini is well seasoned to begin with
• there is no sugar in the recipe
• the mustard yoghurt (hot) is thick and cream like

Your quick questions answered:

1. preheat you oven to save time 
2. you can use bacon instead of ham
3. I used pre diced ham
4. the Hot English Mustard is stronger than djion mustard
5. This is an EASY recipe

Troubleshooting savory muffin tips:

These are things that I have found when making savoury muffins that I have learnt from:

• the ham can burn if the oven is too hot or the muffin tray place too high (keep it on a medium rack)
• test that the muffins are cooked through before turning the oven off 

Have a small bowl of mustard yoghurt nearby so that the muffins can have this delicious spread on them.

Muffin recipes to inspire you! (These are all perfect Lunch recipes)

1. Zucchini Slice Muffins (these have an egg base and are flourless) 
2. Zucchini Parmesan Muffins (vegetarian savory muffins)
3. Gluten Free Zucchini Slice (using shredded zucchini)

Enjoy!

Adrianne

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