Cornmeal-Crusted Buttermilk Biscuits

Name: Cornmeal-Crusted Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 45
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 237 milliliters cornmeal or polenta; 591 milliliters flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 Tbsp sugar; 118 milliliters cold unsalted fresh lard* or butter, cut into cubes, plus butter for tops of biscuits

Cornmeal-Crusted Buttermilk Biscuits might be just the side dish you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 43 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 45. Only A mixture of lard, baking soda, flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is a very reasonably priced recipe for fans of Southern food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 50

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Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and sugar together in a large bowl.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add lard and rub into flour mixture with your fingertips, or use two knives to cut it in, until flour looks like fine meal with some pea-size lumps.

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All Purpose Flour

Lard

Dry Seasoning Rub

Make a well in flour mixture and pour in 1 cup buttermilk. Blend flour into buttermilk with your fingers.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Mixture should be quite moist; add a little more buttermilk if you need to (with lard, it's likely).

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Buttermilk

Lard

Spread half the cornmeal on a work surface and turn biscuit dough onto cornmeal.

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Biscuits

Cornmeal

Spread

Sprinkle with rest of cornmeal and pat into a 10-in. round, pressing in the cornmeal. Grease a large cast-iron skillet.*

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Cornmeal

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Cut dough into 12 wedges. Using a spatula, transfer wedges to pan, spaced slightly apart so edges get crisp. Top each biscuit with a dab of butter.

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Biscuits

Butter

Dough

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Bake until golden, 20 to 25 minutes.

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*Order fresh lard from your butcher, or buy at a farmers' market. You can also bake biscuits on a baking sheet, spaced a little apart, if you like.

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Biscuits

Lard

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Make ahead: Through step 5, 2 hours.

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Servings:

1Tbsp

baking powder 1teaspoons

baking soda 237milliliters

buttermilk 237milliliters

cornmeal or polenta 591milliliters

flour 1teaspoon

salt 1Tbsp

sugar 118milliliters

cold unsalted fresh lard* or butter, cut into cubes, plus butter for tops of biscuits

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired 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 Domaine Leseurre Dry Cuvee Classique Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 23 dollars per bottle.