BROWN BUTTER CORNBREAD W/ FARMER CHEESE & THYME
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1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup stone-ground cornmeal
1 Tbs baking powder
½ tsp kosher salt
1¼ cups sour cream or buttermilk
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
3 Tbs granulated sugar
¼ tsp baking soda
1 cob cooked corn, kernels removed (about ¾ cup)
4 ounces (¾ cup) farmer cheese, crumbled
1 Tbs chopped fresh thyme leaves
¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter
1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. In a large bowl, sift together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together sour cream, oil, egg, sugar and baking soda. Gently fold wet ingredients into dry ones until just combined. Fold in corn, cheese and thyme.
3. Melt butter in a 9-inch cast-iron skillet over medium high heat, tilting pan to coat bottom and sides completely. Cook butter 2 to 3 minutes, until it starts to color and smell nutty. Scrape batter into skillet; smooth surface with a rubber spatula.
4. Bake until bread is golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Cut into wedges and serve.
Servings: 6
Cooking Tips
*If you don’t have a 9-inch cast-iron skillet, you can substitute a 9-inch square (or round) pan for baking. If you use a separate pan, just brown the butter in a small pan and then transfer it to your desired pan for baking and scrape batter on top.
*For the Farmer’s Cheese, sometimes you can find cheese labeled as such in the specialty cheese section of your market. I used Queso Blanco, which is considered a Farmer’s Cheese. It’s a Latin American product and has a texture somewhere between cottage cheese and cream cheese, but it’s dry and crumbly. If you’re not sure where it is in your market, ask the manager.
Recipe Source: The New York Times
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“This was a very tender cornbread with great flavor. The added fresh thyme and the Farmer Cheese were wonderful additions.”
-San Diego, CA
One Comment
I’ve been cooking for almost 35 years and have never heard of “farmer’s cheese”. Thus I suggest you identify it in some way or indicate a substitute. It sounds like it might be cottage cheese, but if that were the case, I think you would say so. Thus ….. ?
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Lori Lange Reply:
January 1st, 2010 at 7:06 AM
Michael- thanks for pointing out the possible confusion. I added notes above.
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