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Etta's Corn Bread Pudding

Courses: Side dish
Serves: 16 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Corn Bread
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozFlour
3/4 cup 46g / 1.6ozMedium-ground yellow cornmeal
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozGrated pepper Jack cheese
1 teaspoon 5mlBaking powder
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
2   Eggs
1 cup 237mlMilk
3 tablespoons 45mlHoney
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozMelted unsalted butter - (1/2 stick)
  Pudding
1   Corn Bread - cut 1" cubes
2 tablespoons 30mlUnsalted butter
2 cups 125g / 4.4ozThinly-sliced onion -(1 large)
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozGrated dry Jack cheese
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlChopped Italian parsley
1 teaspoon 5mlChopped fresh rosemary
1 teaspoon 5mlChopped fresh thyme
4 1/2 cups 1066mlWhipping cream
8   Eggs
2 teaspoons 10mlCoarse salt
1 teaspoon 5mlFreshly-ground black pepper

Recipe Instructions

For the Corn Bread: Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square baking dish. Combine the flour, cornmeal, cheese, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and honey. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring until just combined. Stir in the melted butter.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely before cutting.

For the Pudding: Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees. Put the cubed corn bread in a buttered 13- by 9-inch baking dish and set aside.

Heat the butter in a skillet over low heat and cook the onion very slowly until soft and golden brown, at least 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Scatter the onion, cheese, parsley, rosemary and thyme over the corn bread cubes.

Whisk together the cream and eggs with the salt and pepper and pour over the corn bread. Let sit for 10 minutes so the corn bread absorbs some of the custard.

Set the pudding dish in a larger roasting pan filled with hot water to come up two-thirds of the way the sides of the dish. Bake until the top of the pudding is golden and the center slightly set, 70 to 80 minutes. Don't wait for it to be too firm, or the whole thing will curdle.

Remove the pudding from the water bath immediately or else it will continue to cook. Serve hot. Can be made a day ahead: Just cover it and refrigerate. To reheat, cover it with foil and bake at 375 degrees for about 25 minutes.

This recipe yields 16 servings.

Each serving: 313 calories; 575 mg. sodium; 196 mg. cholesterol; 23 grams fat; 13 grams saturated fat; 18 grams carbohydrates; 9 grams protein; 1.17 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 11-20-2002

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