Maple butter cornbread

Name: Maple butter cornbread
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 75 ml/2½ fl oz/⅓ cup maple syrup; 1 egg; 300 ml/10 fl oz/1¼ cups buttermilk; 175 ml/6 fl oz/cup milk; 75 g/2½ oz butter, plus an extra knob; 1½ tsp onion salt; 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 150 g/5½ oz plain (all purpose) flour; 200 g/7 oz cornmeal or fine polenta; 200 g/7 oz cornmeal or fine polenta

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

The Flexible Vegetarian

By Jo Pratt

Published 2017

About

Paired with a spicy chilli dish (opposite), the buttery sweetness of this bread takes the edge off the heat. The only problem is you’ll keep going back for more! (Picture on following page.)

Ingredients

200 g/7 oz cornmeal or fine polenta
150 g/5½

Spicy
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Heat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6.

Place the cornmeal or polenta in a large bowl with the flour, bicarbonate of soda and onion salt.

Break the egg into a jug and mix with the buttermilk and milk. Pour into the dry ingredients then mix until just combined, making sure you