Vegetable Cornbread

Name: Vegetable Cornbread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Ingredients: 150 g bacon lardons; ½ red pepper, chopped; 1 springonion, chopped; 175 g plain flour; 175 g polenta; 100 g grated carrot; 125 g grated courgette; 100 g broccoli, chopped; 50 g fresh spinach; salt and pepper, to taste; salt and pepper, to taste; 75 g grated Cheddar cheese; 100 g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing; 250 ml milk; 2 eggs; 2 tsp baking powder

Preparation info

Makes:
1
loaf (about 16 slices )

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

My Fussy Eater

By Ciara Attwell

Published 2018

About

Cornbread is a tasty dense bread made with polenta or cornmeal. It gives a delicious flavour to the bread, along with a very subtle crunchy texture. I’ve flavoured mine with bacon, cheese and lots of vegetables.

Ingredients

150 g bacon lardons
100 g grated carrot
125 g

Snack
Lunch
Bread

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C Fan/Gas Mark 6, grease a 900g (2lb) loaf tin and line it with baking parchment.
Heat a frying pan over a medium heat, add the bacon lardons and