Thursday 23 June, 2005
Cornbread on a hot day
I was watching Jamie's School Dinners this morning - which incidentally is the most interesting and thought provoking food program in ages - and he was serving cornbread with one meal. It just looked so good I had to take out Google and find a cornbread recipe to try it out myself. And what a fantastic piece of cookery, cornbread. This recipe produced the most wonderful succulent and moist bread, and I ate it until my stomach was aching and I couldn't do anything else than lay on the sofa.
1 cup of milk
1/4 cup of butter or margarine, melted
1 egg
1 1/4 cups of corn flour (or cornmeal)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup of sugar
1 tbs baking powder
1/2 tbs salt
Grease the pan, round pan 9" or square 8". Beat milk, butter and egg in a bowl with a hand whisk, no need to use an electric one. Stir in dry incredients, and mix just until it's all in - the batter will be a bit lumpy but that's ok. Pour the mixture into a pan, and place into a preheated 200 C oven for 20 - 25 minutes. The bread is ready when it's golden brown and slightly cracked on the surface, and the top crust is solid. Cool on a wire rack, eat with chili or salad or whatever you fancy, it's great however you look at it.
Posted by kolibri at 23 June 20:31, 2005
