Ingredients
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup flour, all-purpose
4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 large egg
2 large egg whites
1 cup buttermilk -- * see note
3 tbsp honey
2 tbsp butter -- melted
7 oz green chiles -- diced
Directions
1. In a large bowl, mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt. In a
small bowl beat egg, egg whites, buttermilk, honey, butter and diced
green chiles until blended. Add egg mixture to flour mixture and
stir until dry ingredients are evenly moistened.
2. Spread batter in an 8 inch square nonstick (or greased regular)
baking pan. Bake in a 375 degree oven until bread pulls away from
the sides of the pan and a wooden toothpick inserted in the center
comes out clean (about 30 minutes).
Recipe By : Sunset Low-Fat Mexican Cookbook
Servings: 8 servings
Chile Cornbread - Sunset Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Bread; Breads; Mexican
The History of Recipes
We are able to follow the history of `recipes` way back into history, in truth as far as the ancient Egyptians, and maybe further still. Having said that, mostly, these old records were just primitive pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
The truth of the matter is, the most ancient recipe discovered, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a collection of tablets in ancient Sumerian which show the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made drinkers feel exhilarated. As we move on, there were two interesting cookery books which date from the 14th Century : one book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Don`t be fooled by the titles though, they are unconnected to the curry that is familiar to us all today, but instead recipes for the types of food prepared by the chefs of the rich and powerful of that time. During the following few hundred years, the rich and powerful families of Europe tried to lay on the most exotic meals, and consequentially the best cooks and their collection of recipes were highly sought after. Notwithstanding that, it was during the 19th century that cooking and recipe books became popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the USA, dedicated the best years of their lives to collating, trying out, and recording recipes common in their social group. By the advent of the 20th century, cookery publications are increasing in popularity mostly due to better eduction, more leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Chile Cornbread Sunset recipe.
