Cornbread Mieliebrood Recipes

MEALIE BREAD (SOUTH AFRICAN SWEETCORN BREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350F. Butter a 8 ½ x 4 ½ loaf tin.
• Place 1 cup of corn and the milk into your blender and blend until the corn is nicely pureed.
• Add the remaining 1 cup of corn and blend just enough to chop the kernels coarsely.
• Transfer the corn and milk mixture to a medium bowl. Add the beaten eggs and melted butter.
• Add the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, and paprika to the bowl. Mix until incorporated and evenly moist.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake the mealie bread for 45-50 min. Until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Cool the bread in the pan for 5 minutes before turning the bread out onto a wire rack to continue cooling.
• Serve warm.

CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°F. Spray the bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan or 9-inch round cake pan with the cooking spray.
• In a 1-quart saucepan, heat the butter over low heat until melted.
• In a large bowl, beat the melted butter, milk and egg with a fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Add the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt all at once; stir just until the flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy). Pour batter into the pan; use a rubber spatula to scrape batter from bowl. Spread batter evenly in pan and smooth top of batter.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

CORNBREAD (MIELIEBROOD)

Steps:

• Sift together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Beat eggs, milk and oil together very well and add to dry ingredients.
• Stir in sweetcorn.
• Bake at 350F for 1 hour (Check at 50 minutes).