Name: Spicy bacon and corn cornbread
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 bacon rashers, rind removed, finely chopped; 2 green onions, thinly sliced; 125 gram can corn kernels, rinsed; 1 tablespoon pickled jalapenos, finely chopped; 3/4 cup polenta (corn meal); 1 cup plain flour; 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 egg, at room temperature; 50 gram butter, melted

Ingredients

2 bacon rashers, rind removed, finely chopped

2 green onions, thinly sliced

125 gram can corn kernels, rinsed

1 tablespoon pickled jalapenos, finely chopped

3/4 cup polenta (corn meal)

1 cup plain flour

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup buttermilk

1 egg, at room temperature

50 gram butter, melted

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan forced. Grease a 20cm (base diameter) round, 6cm-deep cake pan.

2.Heat a frying pan over high heat. Add bacon; cook and stir for 5 minutes or until golden and crisp. Remove from heat. Stir in green onion, corn and jalapenos.

3.Combine polenta, flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder in a bowl. Whisk buttermilk, egg and butter in a jug. Add to polenta mixture with bacon mixture; stir until just combined.

4.Spoon mixture into prepared pan; level surface. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and cooked when a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a heatproof board. Cut into wedges. Serve warm.

Vegetarian: Replace bacon with 1/2 cup sun-dried tomato strips. Replace jalapenos with 1 finely chopped fresh long green chilli. To make buttermilk Place 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice in a measuring jug. Add enough reduced-fat milk to make 1 cup; stir. Mixture will thicken slightly. For 1 1/2 cups, place 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice in a jug and add enough reduced-fat milk to make 1 1/2 cups buttermilk. Save time: Instead of rubbing chilled butter into flour, process to fine crumbs in a food processor.
Note

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