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Honeyed Chestnut Corn Bread

Serve with additional honey, if desired.

Courses: Breads, Side dish
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups 125g / 4.4ozYellow cornmeal
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozUnbleached all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons 20mlBaking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlCoarse salt
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlBaking soda
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozUnsalted butter - (1 stick) - room temperature
1/4 cup 59mlHoney
2 tablespoons 30mlGolden brown sugar - (packed)
4 tablespoons 60mlEggs - separated (large)
1 cup 146g / 5.1ozVacuum-packed whole roasted chestnuts - coarsely chopped
  = (available at specialty foods stores
  And some supermarkets)
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped fresh thyme
1 cup 237mlButtermilk

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 9-inch round cake pan with 2-inch-high sides.

Whisk first 5 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter, honey, and sugar in large bowl until pale. Add yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in chestnuts and thyme. Mix in dry ingredients, alternating with buttermilk, in 3 additions each.

Using electric mixer fitted with clean dry beaters, beat whites in another large bowl to medium-stiff peaks. Fold whites into batter.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until top is golden and slightly puffed, about 50 minutes. Cool corn bread in pan on rack 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool completely. Wrap in foil and let stand at room temperature.)

This recipe yields 12 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, November 2002

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