Everything with cornmeal: 6 sweet and savory recipes to try

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cornmeal broth with meat

Cornmeal Broth with Meat | Photo: Shutterstock
Time:

40 mins

Performance:

6 portions

Difficulty:

easy

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cornmeal (tea)
• 6 1/2 cups (tea) water
• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 1 chopped onion
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 500 g of cooked and minced beef
• 1/2 yellow pepper chopped
• 1/2 chopped red pepper
• 1 beef bouillon cube
• 2 diced tomatoes
• Salt, black pepper and chopped parsley to taste
• Grated Parmesan for dusting

Method of preparation:

1. Dissolve the cornmeal in 2 cups (tea) water and set aside.
2. In a skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the onion and garlic for 3 minutes.
3. Add the extract, the meat, the peppers, the meat stock and saute for 5 minutes, stirring.
4. Add the tomato and sauté for 2 minutes.
5. Add the remaining water and, when it boils, add the dissolved cornmeal.
6. Season with salt, season with pepper and cook over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring until it thickens.
7. Transfer to soup plates, sprinkle with Parmesan, parsley and serve.

Gluten-free cornbread

Gluten Free Cornbread | Photo: Kelly Guerra
Time:

50 mins

Performance:

8 units

Difficulty:

easy

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cornmeal (tea)
• 1 1/3 cups (tea) rice flour
• 1 cup (tea) of sugar
• 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder
• 1 teaspoon(s) of fennel seeds
• 1 egg white
• 3/4 cup butter (tea)
• Butter for greasing

Method of preparation:

1. In a bowl mix all the ingredients until they are rolled.
2. Form balls, put them in a buttered and floured loaf pan, then flatten them slightly.
3. Bake in a preheated medium oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
4. Serve immediately.

Cornmeal fish bait

Cornmeal Fish Baits | Photo: Shutterstock
Time:

40 mins

Performance:

4 portions

Difficulty:

easy

Ingredients:

• 1 kg striped piglet
• Salt and black pepper to taste
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 cups cornmeal (tea)
• Fry oil

Sauce

• 1 minced garlic clove
• 1/4 cup olive oil (tea)
• 1 lemon juice
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise (tea)
• 1 teaspoon of salt

Method of preparation:

1. Season the fish with salt and pepper.
2. Dip the baits in the beaten egg and cornmeal.
3. Fry in hot oil, a little at a time, until lightly browned.
4. Drain on paper towels and set aside.
5. Blend the sauce ingredients in a blender until creamy.
6. Then serve accompanied by the baits.

Creamy cornmeal cake with coconut

Creamy Cornmeal Pie | Photo: Gisele Tesser
Time:

1 hour

Performance:

8 portions

Difficulty:

easy

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of milk (tea)
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 2 cups sugar (tea)
• 2 1/2 cups cornmeal (tea)
• 6 tablespoons of wheat flour
• 1/2 cup coconut (chopped)
• 50 g of finely grated Parmesan
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder
• Margarine and wheat flour for greasing

Syrup

• 1 cup coconut milk (tea)
• 1/2 cup (tea) of milk
• 1 cup (tea) of sugar
• 3/4 cup coarsely chopped coconut

Method of preparation:

1. In a blender, beat the milk, eggs, butter and sugar.
2. Transfer to a bowl and mix the cornmeal, flour, grated coconut and Parmesan with a wire whisk until the mixture is smooth.
3. Mix the yeast with a spoon and transfer into a small, greased and floured mould.
4. Bake in a preheated medium oven for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
5. In a saucepan, heat the syrup ingredients over medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
6. Spread on the still warm cake, leave to cool and serve, if desired, with a sprinkling of coconut.

cornmeal snacks

Cornmeal Snacks | Photo: Rodrigo Moreira
Time:

45 mins

Performance:

6 portions

Difficulty:

easy

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cornmeal (tea)
• 1 cup wheat flour (approximately)
• 1 sachet of vegetable broth powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup (tea) of water
• Soft wheat flour for flouring
• Fry oil

guacamole

• Pulp of 2 ripe avocados
• 1 lemon juice
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 chopped seedless tomato
• 1/2 chopped seedless pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley (minced)
• salt to taste

Method of preparation:

1. For the guacamoleIn a bowl, mix the avocado pulp, lemon juice, onion, tomato, pepper, parsley and salt to form a paste and store in a gravy boat in the fridge.
2. In a bowl mix the cornmeal, flour, vegetable broth and salt.
3. Add the eggs, water and knead to form a homogeneous mass that comes off your hands.
4. If necessary, add more flour.
5. With a rolling pin, open the dough on a floured surface until it becomes thin.
6. Cut into medium triangles and fry, a little at a time, in hot oil, until golden brown.
7. Drain on a paper towel and serve with the guacamole.

Cornmeal bread stuffed with guava paste

Guava Paste Filled Cornmeal Bread | Photo: Stella Handa
Time:

1h (+1h30 rest)

Performance:

30 units

Difficulty:

easy

Ingredients:

• 3 tablets of fresh brewer’s yeast (45g)
• 1 cup milk (warm)
• 1/3 cup butter (tea)
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup (tea) sugar
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 1/2 cups cornmeal (tea)
• 3 cups wheat flour (approximately)
• Soft wheat flour for flouring
• 1 cup (tea) of creamy guava paste
• margarine for greasing
• Crystalline sugar for dusting

Method of preparation:

1. First, beat the yeast, milk, butter, 2 eggs, sugar, salt and cornmeal in a blender until smooth.
2. Pour into a bowl and add the flour, little by little, stirring with a spoon until it comes off the walls of the bowl.
3. Then transfer to a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes or until the dough is smooth and slightly sticky.
4. If necessary, add more flour.
5. Then form a ball, cover and leave to rest for 1 hour or until doubled in size.

Source: Terra

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