Gay Lea Recipes - Smoky Cheese Cornbread (Savoury Side Dishes)

Ingredients:

1/4 cup	Gay Lea butter, melted	50 mL
1 cup	Gay Lea Regular or Low Fat Sour Cream	250 mL
1/4 cup	buttermilk or milk	50 mL
2	eggs	2
3 tbsp	granulated sugar	45 mL
1 cup	each yellow cornmeal and all purpose flour	250 mL
3/4 tsp	salt	4 mL
1/2 tsp	baking soda	2 mL
1/4 tsp	each pepper and hot pepper flakes	1 mL
1 cup	cooked corn kernels	250 mL
1 cup	shredded smoked mozzarella or gouda cheese	250 mL

In bowl, whisk together butter, sour cream, milk, eggs and sugar.

In separate bowl, stir together cornmeal, flour, salt, soda, pepper and hot pepper flakes. Stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture along with corn; mixing just until moist. Spread into greased 8-inch (2L) springform. Sprinkle cheese over.

Bake in centre of preheated 425F (220C) oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden around the edges
and cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

TIPS: For extra flavour and colour, you can add 1/2 cup (125 mL) crumbled bacon or chopped roasted red pepper to the batter.

To use this delicious cornbread for a stuffing, cut into cubes and let stand overnight on a baking sheet to dry out.