banana crumble muffins and my in&out list for 2024
full recipe name: brown butter brown sugar crumble topped banana muffins
What I’m reading: Girl, by Edna O’Brien. This is the first Edna O’Brien book I’ve read, and while it was not what I was expecting, I’m very glad I read it - thoroughly recommend
What I’m listening to: Ryan Tubridy on the Laughs of your Life with Doireann Garrihy.
What I’m eating: lunch at Beau, Ponsonby. Perfect arancini, fried chicken, green beans and 2 excellent chilled red wines (below)
Happy 2024! Last year was a pretty great one: I spent the month of January in Paris, before returning to Ballymaloe House where I worked until my Masters graduation in Cork in March. In April I headed off on a six-month adventure, stopping in New York, Mexico (for quite some time), Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Los Angeles, Hawaii and Australia, before landing in Auckland, New Zealand, where I’ve been since October. It goes without saying that I am extremely fortunate to have been able to do all of this travelling, and I also count myself very lucky for the jobs I’ve worked at, and the people I’ve met along the way.
I’m not usually one to make New Year’s resolutions, but I’ve had some time off to reflect, and written up my very own list of “in”s and “out”s for the upcoming year. I don’t make the rules - but if I did, these would be them. If you scroll all the way to the bottom of the list, you’ll find a recipe for brown-butter-brown-sugar-crumble-topped banana muffins that I made this week with 4 VERY ripe bananas for my friend who, almost 4 years later, has finally contracted Covid. Feel better Emily and bon appétit x
(You may also spy in the background that I am tweaking my choc chip cookie recipe. There’s nothing wrong with the old one; I just realised that life’s too short not to use brown butter wherever possible, and these are pretty gorge: I’ve bumped up the brown sugar too, and opted for all milk choc instead of dark&milk, since the Whittaker’s milk chocolate is so good. I think it’s my new fave - coming soon)
recipe: brown-butter-brown-sugar-crumble-topped banana muffins
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