Spiced cheese cornbread

Name: Spiced cheese cornbread
Yield: Makes 1 loaf
Ingredients: 200 g cornmeal or polenta flour; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 corn on the cob, cooked and kernels removed or 400 g canned sweetcorn, finely chopped; 200 g self-raising flour; 250 g mature cheddar, grated; 4 large eggs, beaten; 2 large onions, peeled, halved and finely chopped; 100 ml olive oil, plus extra for oiling; 250 ml full-fat milk; 4 medium green chillies,

Preparation info

Makes
1
loaf

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mark Hix on Baking

By Mark Hix

Published 2012

About

I often make this unusual bread to take to parties or barbecues and it always gets devoured in no time. It’s a great snack with a tomato salsa or as an accompaniment to a brunchy-type soup like a corn chowder.

Ingredients

100 ml olive oil, plus extra for oiling
2 large onions, peeled, halved and finely chopped
4 medium

Snack
Side dish
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6.

Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the onion and finely chopped chilli and cook for 5-6 minutes