Feijoas make wonderful partners to tart limes.

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1¼ cups milk
• ½ cup peeled, finely chopped feijoas
• 125 grams butter, melted and cooled
• Glaze
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• grated rind and juice 2 limes

Method

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and sugar into a large bowl and make a well in the centre.
2. In a jug, mix together the eggs and milk and add the feijoas. Stir into the dry ingredients, and fold in the melted butter.
3. Divide the mixture evenly among 12 -126 well-greased muffin tins. The number will depend on the size of the muffin tins.
4. Bake at 200ºC for 15-20 minutes until cooked.
5. Stand for 2 minutes before brushing with the glaze. Stand a further 5 minutes before serving.

Glaze

1. Simmer the sugar, orange juice and lime juice together until the sugar has dissolved.

Cooks Tips

- Feijoas are available from around March until June. Out of those times, try finely chopped kiwifruit, bananas, pawpaw or fresh pineapple.