Corn Bread

Corn Bread is one recipe that I have been wanting to try for a long time now. After tasting it for the first time at my friend’s house, I took the recipe from her and decided to try it.

This friend of mine, who is from Macedonia, is an excellent cook, and it is from her that I learnt the recipe for Spinach and Feta Borek, Eggplant Parmigiana, and Pinjoor.

Today’s recipe, Corn Bread, is a slight twist on the Serbian Corn Bread called Proya, which has many of these ingredients, but is a richer version with feta cheese and almost three times the oil used in my recipe.

If you want to make authentic Proya, make the following changes in the ingredients:

1. Replace yoghurt with Kefir
2. Replace spinach & Cream with plain spinach
3. Add 200 g of Feta Cheese
4. Increase the amount of oil to 60 g

You can serve these savoury cakes with butter, eggs, and other accompaniments to make them a complete breakfast or have them as a snack. You also serve it as a side for your evening parties.

So, let’s start with the recipe:

Equipment

• Mixing bowl
• Whisk
• Spatula
• Baking Mould

Ingredients for Corn Bread

• 290 g Corn Meal
• 130 g Refined Wheat Flour
• 3 Medium Eggs
• 180 g 3.5% Yoghurt
• 20 g Olive Oil
• 1½ tsp Salt
• 15 gm Baking Powder
• 200 g Spinach with Cream

For sprinkling on top

• Any seeds of your choice (Sesame, Flax, Sunflower, Chia)

Additionally

• Oil for greasing the baking tray

Some Notes about Ingredient Sourcing in Germany:

• Corn Meal: Called Maismehl in German. Readily available in supermarkets and Turkish shops. You can also use Polenta.
• Refined Wheat Flour: Called Weizenmehl. Use Type 450. Read my article about Flour varieties in Germany here.
• Eggs: Called Eier in German. Easily available in supermarkets. Read my article about Eggs here.
• Yoghurt: Called Joghurt in German. Read my article about yoghurt varieties in Germany here.
• Olive Oil: Use natives Olivenöl extra. Read my article about oil varieties in Germany here.
• Salt: Called Salz in German. Read my article about Salt here.
• Baking Powder: Called Backpulver in German. Easily available in supermarkets.
• Spinach with Cream: Use Rahm Spinat. Picture below.
  
  

Method to make Corn Bread

• Preheat the oven to 200 °C for 10 minutes.
• Combine all the ingredients, except spinach, in a mixing bowl.
  
  
  
• Whisk it well.
  
  
  
• Add Spinach and combine with a spatula.
  
  
  
• Grease the baking tray and transfer the batter into it. Sprinkle seeds of your choice.
  
  
  
• Place it in the preheated oven at 200°C and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  
  
  
• Cut it into pieces when it cools.
  
  

Here is the recipe in printable format:

Check out other recipes from my kitchen here.

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