Recipes Details

Mielie Bread

16/11/2017

Ingredients

• 130 g 1 cup (250 ml) coarse mealie meal
• 8 g 2 tsp (10 ml) baking powder
• 120 g 1 cup (250 ml) cake flour
• ½ tsp (2,5 ml) cayenne pepper or paprika or to taste
• 3 g ½ tsp (2,5 ml) salt
• 250 g 1 cup (250 ml) low-fat maas or buttermilk
• 150 g 3 eggs, beaten
• 50 g ¼ cup (60 ml) sunflower oil
• 1 x 410 g tin cream style sweetcorn

Method

Preheat oven to 180 C and lightly grease a 1.5 litre bread tin.

Place dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.

Combine the maas, eggs, oil and sweetcorn. Mix into the dry ingredients until well blended.

Spoon into the bread tin. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Allow to cool in the pan for a few minutes. Turn out onto a cooling rack.

Notes

Grate 2-3 baby marrows and add to the mixture. Stir ¼ cup grated cheese, preferably reduced fat, into the batter or sprinkle half on top.