همه چیز درباره مافین / مــــافـــیــن چیست؟
مافین (به انگلیسی: Muffin) نوعی نان نیمه شیرین یا کیک است که اصولاً برای یک نفر تهیه میشود. مافین به دو نوع مافین انگلیسی و مافین آمریکایی تقسیم میشود. در نوع مافین آمریکایی معمولاً به خمیر کره، شکر و بیکینگ پودر افزوده شده و در کاغذهای ضخیمی که به فنجان شبیه است پخته میشود. به همین علت نوع آمریکایی مافین به نام کیک فنجانی نیز خوانده میشود. کیک فنجانی در واقع نوعی کیک اسفنجی یا کیک کرهای است که در قالبهایی به شکل فنجان پخته میشود.
تفاوت مافین و کیک فنجانی
مافین انگلیسی نوعی نان کم شیرین است که در آن خمیر مایه بکار رفته و در اندازههای کوچک تهیه میشود. نوعی از مافین که در آن از بیکینگ پودر استفاده میشود، بنام مافین آمریکایی شناخته میشود. مافین در کشورهای آمریکا و انگلیس در هنگام صبحانه یا هنگام صرف چای صرف میشود. در انواعی از آن کشمش، کالباس یا بیکن خرد شده بکار میرود. مافین نسبت به کیک فنجانی ظاهری ساده و بدون تزیین دارد.
کیک فنجانی نوعی کیک است که از نظر ظاهری به فنجان شباهت دارد. مایهٔ این کیک در داخل آلومینیوم یا کاغذ ضخیم ریخته شده و پخته میشود. این کیک پس از پخته شدن به روشهای گوناگون تزیین میشود. کیک فنجانی نسبت به مافین دارای چربی و کرهٔ بیشتری است.
مافین انگلیسی نوعی نان کم شیرین است که در آن خمیر مایه بکار رفته و در اندازههای کوچک تهیه میشود. نوعی از مافین که در آن از بیکینگ پودر استفاده میشود، بنام مافین آمریکایی شناخته میشود. مافین در کشورهای آمریکا و انگلیس در هنگام صبحانه یا هنگام صرف چای صرف میشود. در انواعی از آن کشمش، کالباس یا بیکن خرد شده بکار میرود. مافین نسبت به کیک فنجانی ظاهری ساده و بدون تزیین دارد.
کیک فنجانی نوعی کیک است که از نظر ظاهری به فنجان شباهت دارد. مایهٔ این کیک در داخل آلومینیوم یا کاغذ ضخیم ریخته شده و پخته میشود. این کیک پس از پخته شدن به روشهای گوناگون تزیین میشود. کیک فنجانی نسبت به مافین دارای چربی و کرهٔ بیشتری است.
A muffin is an individual-sized, baked product. It can refer to two distinct items, a part-raised flatbread that is baked and then cooked on a griddle (typically unsweetened) and a cupcake-like quickbread (often sweetened) that is chemically leavened and then baked in a mold. While quickbread muffins are often sweetened, there are savory varieties made with ingredients such as corn and cheese. The flatbread is of British or European derivation, and dates from at least the early 18th century, while the quickbread originated in North America during the 19th century. Both are common worldwide today.
Etymology
One 19th century source suggests that "muffin" may be related to the Greek bread "maphula", a "cake baked on a hearth or griddle", or from Old French "mou-pain" ("soft bread"), which may have been corrupted into "mouffin". The word is first found in print in 1703, spelled moofin; it is of uncertain origin but possibly derived from the Low German Muffen, the plural of Muffe meaning a small cake, or possibly with some connection to the Old French moufflet meaning soft, as said of bread. The expression "muffin-man", meaning a street seller of muffins, is attested in a 1754 poem, which includes the line: "Hark! the shrill Muffin-Man his Carol plies.."
Quickbread muffins (sometimes described in Britain as "American muffins") are baked, individual-sized, cupcake-shaped foods with a "moist, coarse-grained" texture. Muffins are available in both savoury varieties, such as cornmeal and cheese muffins (i.e. flatbread muffins), or sweet varieties such as blueberry, chocolate chip, lemon or banana flavours. Sweetened muffins range from lightly sweetened muffins to products that are "richer than many cakes in fat and sugar." They are similar to cupcakes in size and cooking methods, the main difference being that cupcakes tend to be sweet desserts using cake batter and which are often topped with sugar icing (American frosting). Muffins may have solid items mixed into the batter, such as berries, chocolate chips or nuts. Fresh baked muffins are sold by bakeries, donut shops and some fast food restaurants and coffeehouses. Factory baked muffins are sold at grocery stores and convenience stores and are also served in some coffeeshops and cafeterias.
Etymology
One 19th century source suggests that "muffin" may be related to the Greek bread "maphula", a "cake baked on a hearth or griddle", or from Old French "mou-pain" ("soft bread"), which may have been corrupted into "mouffin". The word is first found in print in 1703, spelled moofin; it is of uncertain origin but possibly derived from the Low German Muffen, the plural of Muffe meaning a small cake, or possibly with some connection to the Old French moufflet meaning soft, as said of bread. The expression "muffin-man", meaning a street seller of muffins, is attested in a 1754 poem, which includes the line: "Hark! the shrill Muffin-Man his Carol plies.."
Quickbread muffins (sometimes described in Britain as "American muffins") are baked, individual-sized, cupcake-shaped foods with a "moist, coarse-grained" texture. Muffins are available in both savoury varieties, such as cornmeal and cheese muffins (i.e. flatbread muffins), or sweet varieties such as blueberry, chocolate chip, lemon or banana flavours. Sweetened muffins range from lightly sweetened muffins to products that are "richer than many cakes in fat and sugar." They are similar to cupcakes in size and cooking methods, the main difference being that cupcakes tend to be sweet desserts using cake batter and which are often topped with sugar icing (American frosting). Muffins may have solid items mixed into the batter, such as berries, chocolate chips or nuts. Fresh baked muffins are sold by bakeries, donut shops and some fast food restaurants and coffeehouses. Factory baked muffins are sold at grocery stores and convenience stores and are also served in some coffeeshops and cafeterias.