Basic Buttermilk Corn Bread

Name: Basic Buttermilk Corn Bread
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter; 355 milliliters buttermilk; 473 milliliters cornmeal; 1 egg; 59 milliliters vegetable oil

The recipe Basic Buttermilk Corn Bread could satisfy your Southern craving in approximately 35 minutes. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 272 calories. If you have butter, buttermilk, cornmeal, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 53 people found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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Whisk together the cornmeal, buttermilk, vegetable oil, and egg in a bowl to form a batter.

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Vegetable Oil

Buttermilk

Cornmeal

Egg

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Melt the butter in a cast-iron skillet over medium heat, and swirl the melted butter all over the bottom and up the sides of the skillet.

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Butter

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Let the butter heat until it gives off a faint toasted fragrance; pour the batter into the hot skillet.

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Butter

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Place the skillet into the preheated oven, and bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Ingredients

Servings:

2Tbsps

butter 355milliliters

buttermilk 473milliliters

cornmeal 1

egg 59milliliters

vegetable oil

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Fess Parker Santa Barbara Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 9 dollars per bottle.