Dishes from cornmeal: a collection of recipes. Cornmeal Diet Baking Recipes Cooking with cornmeal

Eh, the times are long gone when, with a light suggestion from Nikita Sergeevich (who promised the Americans to show Kuzkin his mother), corn was the queen of the fields. And then corn bread was sold in stores, and there was corn flour - heaps! But no, cornmeal dishes do not take root in our East Slavic cuisine. Meanwhile, corn flour (like cereals) has been and to this day remains a very popular ingredient in the cuisines of different peoples.

Many have heard about the famous Italian polenta or Moldavian hominy, Mexican tortillas or Georgian mchadi. Americans (Southern and Northern) still honor corn, and in Southern Europe it remains in high esteem. And we ... We have nothing to brag about in this regard (except for Soviet-era sweet corn sticks). Therefore, we can only learn the art of cooking dishes from cornmeal, the recipes of which have been inherited by modern people from the ancient Aztecs.

Tortillas from Mexico

If we are talking about the Aztecs who founded Mexico City, then we will begin to master the recipes for cornmeal dishes from Mexican tortillas. These corn tortillas are delicious both on their own and as the basis of many Mexican dishes. For real tortillas, you need an open fire and a special clay pan. But we can do just fine with them in a regular frying pan.

Ingredients:

• Cornmeal (one and a half cups)
• Water (half a glass)
• Margarine (50 g)

Cooking:

Finely chop the margarine with a knife. Sift the flour and add to the margarine, there is also a pinch of salt. Grind margarine with flour into crumbs and, gradually pouring in water, knead the dough. We divide the dough into several parts (according to the number of future cakes), cover with a towel and leave for fifteen minutes. Then we roll out round thin cakes from the dough and fry them on both sides in a dry (without oil!) Hot frying pan. Tortillas are ready! You can eat them instead of bread, or you can go ahead and cook ...

On the basis of tortillas, you can cook tostados - the same flour cakes, but fried in oil. If you put a filling between two tortillas, sprinkle them with cheese and fry them in oil, the result will be a quesadilla. And if the tortilla with the filling is overthrown into a tube, then the dish will already be called a burrito. It's funny. Is not it? But only Mexicans have fun like that. And, for example, in Georgia they cook more “laconic” corn tortillas.

Mchadi from Georgia

The recipes for mchadi and tortillas are very similar, but they are still different dishes. If you are interested in “feeling the difference”, cook both options and compare.

Ingredients:

• Cornmeal (3 cups)
• Butter (50 g)
• Water (one and a half glasses)

Add a piece of butter, a pinch of salt to the sifted flour and, adding water, knead a soft and slightly sticky dough. With wet hands, we form oblong cakes from the dough, which are placed on a preheated pan and baked in the oven. This method of cooking mchadi is closest to baking them in traditional stone ketsi frying pans. But many housewives fry mchadi in a pan in vegetable oil (like ordinary cutlets). These cakes are served with cheese (ideally - with Imereti or Suluguni).

Polenta from Italy

By and large, polenta is a hearty and tasty porridge, which was originally considered food for the poor. But over time, the better-off Italians “saw through” it, and besides, they “ennobled” it. Polenta recipes differ mainly in additives. It is cooked with cheese, vegetables, mushrooms, seafood, minced meat. First, try making polenta with cheese.

Ingredients:

• Corn flour (350 g)
• Water (600 ml)
• Milk (400 ml)
• Butter (150 g)
• Cheese (200 g)
• garlic clove
• Piece of stale bread
• Greenery

Cooking:

In advance, prepare cheese for polenta (grated) and garlic oil. For the latter, melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the crushed garlic clove in it. For polenta, we take only a thick-bottomed pan. Pour water and milk into a saucepan and boil. Then add the crumbled bread there and, stirring constantly, pour out all the flour. We cook it over low heat, without ceasing to interfere (it is more convenient to do this with a wooden spatula). After cooking polenta for fifteen minutes, add grated cheese to it. Add in small portions, waiting until all the cheese has dissolved in the porridge. At the very end, pour the garlic oil and remove the pan from the heat. Serve with greens.

Cornbread from America (by Stephen King)

Are you surprised? No, of course, the master of literary horror films himself did not invent this recipe and did not even publish it anywhere. But in his works, cornbread is very often mentioned. Remember The Green Mile? And the cornbread with which the hero of Tom Hanks treated the black giant? And, for sure, this bread was prepared according to a traditional recipe, which is held in high esteem by all housewives of the southern American states.

Ingredients:

• A glass of cornmeal
• A glass of sour milk
• Tablespoon of sugar
• Half glass of water
• Butter (2 tablespoons)
• Baking powder (pack)
• Baking soda (1/4 teaspoon)

Cooking:

We turn on the oven in advance and place an empty thick-bottomed frying pan in it (let them warm up). In the meantime, pour a tablespoon of flour into a bowl and pour boiling water over it (incomplete glass). Beating the brewed flour with a whisk, add sour milk (kefir, yogurt) and an egg to it. In another bowl, mix the remaining flour, sugar, salt, soda and baking powder and pour it all into the liquid mixture. Knead the dough (with a whisk or fork, but not with a mixer) until all lumps are dissolved.

Take the pan out of the oven and melt the butter in it. Pour the oil into the dough, and grease the entire pan with its remnants. Knead the dough again and pour it into the mold. Bake for twenty to thirty minutes. The readiness of the bread is determined by the golden crust and the moment when it begins to move away from the walls of the pan.

Note:

Spicy additives and toppings (red pepper, saffron, garlic, fried smoked meats, cheese, etc.) are added to the dough just before it is poured into the mold.

In general, cornmeal is considered a dietary and healthy product. No wonder the recipes from it are so “multinational”. So do not pass by when you see a bag of cornmeal on the supermarket counter. Try yourself in the role of a researcher of the culture of the ancient Aztecs, who not only loved corn, but also revered it, calling it their golden sun.

Corn flour belongs to dietary products, it contains a large amount of protein and starch, which are perfectly and quickly absorbed by the body. The components that make up the flour can contribute to better bile secretion, lower cholesterol and have a beneficial effect on the production of red blood cells.

Thanks to the properties listed above, you can not be afraid to use cornmeal for baking and desserts, even for small children. Therefore, every housewife should have in her arsenal a small collection of recipes for dishes that can be prepared on the basis of such flour.

Cornmeal fritters

They turn out unusually bright and fragrant.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
3 art. spoons of sugar
300 grams of kefir
1 teaspoon baking powder
4-6 art. tablespoons of wheat flour
6-10 art. spoons of cornmeal
vegetable oil and salt

How to make cornmeal pancakes:

Pancakes are easy to prepare, this dish is perfect for breakfast. First you need to mix eggs, sugar and salt, then kefir is added to this mixture.

To the mass you need to add corn and wheat flour, baking powder. To avoid lumps, it is worth mixing everything thoroughly.

Pancakes should be fried in a frying pan greased with vegetable oil. Golden color will indicate the complete readiness of the dish.

You can serve pancakes made from cornmeal with jam, honey, sour cream.

Corn flour cookies

Worth pampering your family.

Ingredients:
150 grams cornmeal
50 grams of walnuts, almonds, peanuts, raisins
50 grams of sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
2 tbsp. tablespoons vegetable or olive oil
2 tbsp. spoons of water

How to make cornmeal cookies:

Nuts must be chopped, finely chopped raisins, you can add figs, dried apricots and other things to taste to the mixture.

Corn flour, sugar, baking powder, water are also added here. From the prepared dough, it is necessary to form several pieces of small cookies and put them on a baking sheet.

At a temperature of 190 ° C, such products are baked for only 20-25 minutes. Milk or tea with ginger will perfectly complement a delicious and healthy dessert.

Instead of nuts, you can add flax or sesame seeds to the cookie dough, replace sugar with honey, and add a handful of oatmeal and candied fruits. It will turn out no less delicious dessert, which is perfect for a children's holiday table.

Thanks to such simple dishes, you can significantly diversify the family's diet. In addition, cornmeal dishes have excellent nutritional properties, contain a large amount of substances useful for the body.

Usually the idea for cookies comes when there is some leftover flour left. With cornmeal, this occurs much more frequently. And this is a very good idea! And most importantly - incredibly fast implementation.

Benefits of cornmeal

This product contains all the immense benefits of corn itself. Beautiful color, special structure and unique taste - the perfect flour for baking. And it does not contain gluten, which has become a real threat not only for those who want to lose weight. Cookies from it are much healthier and safer for children in terms of allergies.

This product has a much longer shelf life. That is, the cookies remain crisp and fresh for a long time, as if they had just been taken out of the oven. It retains its taste qualities well and goes well with various additives: both sweet and unsweetened.

Shredded corn quickly saturates the body, bringing with it a lot of micro and macro elements, vitamins, and minerals. It contains a lot of vegetable protein. At the same time, it has a lower calorie content than wheat, so it is recommended by nutritionists. In addition, the high fiber content has the best effect on bowel function.

Almost all pastries from this flour are crumbly. However, it may not require eggs or butter. After all, flour is also used in cosmetology, which once again proves its usefulness and versatility.

Easy gluten free sweets recipe

How to make gluten free cornmeal cookies:

Shortbread cookies for children

• 7 g vanillin;
• 220 g cornmeal;
• 6 g salt;
• 60 g of powdered sugar;
• 220 g wheat flour;
• 190 g butter.

Time - 1 hour 15 minutes.

Calorie content - 447 kcal / 100 g.

Cooking:

1. Sift both types of flour together with salt into one large bowl, and then mix them with a spoon;
2. In a smaller bowl, cut the butter into pieces. It is desirable that it be soft, then it will be easier to mix it with vanilla and powdered sugar. You can also use sugar, but the powder will dissolve faster;
3. With a mixer, this creamy mass should be beaten for about two minutes so that it increases in volume;
4. Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter and knead the dough. Less flour may be needed. It is not necessary to knead strongly, it is enough to make the dough gather into a ball;
5. This ball must be placed in the refrigerator for an hour. It is better to wrap it in a film so that it does not dry;
6. Pull the ball out after a while and hold it in the room for five minutes. When it has become softer, you can form smaller balls and put them on a baking sheet;
7. Cookies should be baked for about twelve minutes, they should only change color slightly at a temperature of 170 degrees.

Rice and cornmeal cookies

• 3 g of dough powder;
• 75 g rice flour;
• 1 egg;
• 25 g cornmeal;
• 60 g sugar;
• 60 g butter.

Time - 1 hour 25 minutes.

Calorie content - 408 kcal / 100 g.

Cooking process:

1. In a container, first mix soft butter with sugar, then drive an egg here and beat the whole mass with a mixer. It should rise, and the grains of sugar should dissolve;
2. Sift rice and corn flour together with baking powder and add to the creamy mass, kneading the dough;
3. A ball of this dough must be cooled in the refrigerator, it takes about an hour;
4. Roll out the cooled ball into a bar and cut it into neat squares. In order for it to cut well, the knife must be warm;
5. Prick the squares with a fork and send them on a baking sheet to bake over medium heat. They do not need to be kept in the oven for more than fifteen minutes. Store in an airtight container.

Corn flour nut cookies

• 130 g walnuts;
• 225 g cornmeal;
• 120 g sugar.

Time - 25 min.

Calorie content - 363 kcal / 100 g.

How to cook:

1. Cold eggs should be beaten with sugar, foam should form on top;
2. Sift flour here and mix it in;
3. Ignite the nuts quite a bit in a pan, and then grind in your hands to remove excess husks. Then immerse them in a blender or pass through a meat grinder to make a nut gruel. It must be added to the rest of the ingredients. Instead of walnuts, you can use absolutely any other nuts, including a mix of them;
4. Mix all the ingredients and transfer them to a pastry bag. If it is not available, cookies can be laid out directly on a baking sheet with a spoon. Can be given any shape;
5. Bake for about fifteen minutes at 200 Celsius.

Baking for fasting

• 110 g of sugar;
• 90 ml of water;
• 225 g wheat flour;
• 15 ml of vinegar;
• 6 g of soda;
• 210 g cornmeal;
• 110 ml of oil.

Time - 30 min.

Calorie content - 369 kcal / 100 g.

How to make lean cornmeal cookies without eggs:

1. Sift both types of flour and add sugar to them, mix;
2. In a separate container, combine the oil with water, stir with a fork or whisk;
3. Dissolve soda in a large spoonful of vinegar, and then pour it into the water-oil liquid, stir;
4. Now pour the liquid into the flour mixture, stir and knead a rather fatty dough. No more flour should be added;
5. Let the dough rest for ten minutes, then cut it into pieces that need to be rolled into balls. Put them on a baking sheet; it is not necessary to grease it;
6. After that, send to bake at 180 Celsius for a maximum of twenty minutes.

Corn flour cookies with banana

• 15 ml of oil;
• 4 g of soda;
• 1 banana;
• 10 ml apple cider vinegar;
• 60 g cornmeal.

Time - 35 min.

Calorie content - 209 kcal / 100 g.

Cooking method:

1. Peeled banana must be mashed with an immersion blender. If there is no blender, you can just mash well with a fork;
2. Then pour a little oil into the puree and stir;
3. Pour the sifted flour into the same bowl, and also add a little soda, quenched with vinegar. Mix everything;
4. The dough will be quite dense. It needs to be rolled out into a layer, not too thin;
5. Cut out future cookies with a cookie cutter. You can make it in the form of emoticons or asterisks, as you like. Transfer to a silicone mat;
6. Bake over medium heat for about ten minutes. Let cool and serve.

The recipes given today are as simple as possible. This makes it possible to supplement them with as many different ingredients as possible. For example, you can add dried fruits (dried apricots, raisins, prunes), candied fruits, nuts, seeds. You can even add gummy bears.

In addition, you can use unsweetened ingredients. It can be olives or pieces of crispy bacon. Of course, then you need to reduce the amount of sugar. You can add various spices: nutmeg, various herbs, mix in ginger, cinnamon, coconut, chocolate drops, even chili! It just depends on your own preferences.

The versatility and special taste of cornmeal are only a small part of its advantages. Cookies from it always turn out crispy and at the same time tender. Making it for tea in the evening is a matter of a few minutes!

Each of us often meets cornmeal on store shelves, but, unfortunately, not everyone knows what can be prepared from it, and there are a huge number of baking recipes.

Corn flour tortillas - recipe

Ingredients:

• corn flour - 300 g;
• wheat flour - 80 g;
• warm water - 150 ml;
• chicken egg (large) - 1 pc.;
• kitchen salt - 0.5 tsp;
• fresh - 50-70 g.

Cooking

Pour well-warm drinking water into a bowl with corn flour, mix, cover with a lid and set everything aside for about 35-40 minutes. Now we introduce a chicken egg into this bowl, sift wheat flour here, sprinkle everything with salt and knead a dense dough. We make a sausage out of it and cut it into not very large circles, which we then flatten a little and get neat cakes. We generously coat the bottom of a heated Teflon pan with a piece of good, fresh fat. We put the cakes here and, reducing the fire to a minimum, bake them under a closed lid, not forgetting to turn them over when a golden crust forms.

Cornmeal Cookies - Recipe

Ingredients:

• corn flour (finely ground) - 220 g;
• potato starch - 3 teaspoons;
• wheat flour - 70 g;
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
• granulated sugar - 110 g;
• margarine - 50 g;
• - 50 g.

Cooking

Melt the butter together with margarine in a microwave oven and put it into a container with eggs, which we first grind (to white) with granulated sugar. Beat everything with a whisk and pour into a bowl with two types of flour combined together and potato starch. We start kneading the dough and get an elastic, smooth lump at the exit. We thinly roll it out with a wooden rolling pin and, using special molds, squeeze the cookies, which we then transfer to a baking sheet covered with parchment. We bake this wonderful cookie in an oven heated to 200 degrees for no more than 25 minutes.

Cornmeal is a staple food in America. It is used for baking and drinks. Flour is made by grinding dried corn kernels. Depending on the variety of corn, it may differ in taste. Whole grain corn flour helps to achieve weight loss.

Corn is rich in vitamins C, B1 and B5, folic acid, dietary fiber, phosphorus, manganese. Corn products - flours and cereals rich in antioxidants, especially such as lute.

Researchers from Japan have found that the anthocyanins contained in cornmeal effectively fight against the accumulation of fat cells. Therefore, it can be used as a prophylaxis for weight loss. Anthocyanins affect the function of fat cells and stabilize the metabolic syndrome.

The dietary fibers of cornmeal are beneficial in general. They improve bowel function, relieve constipation, lower cholesterol levels, regulate blood sugar and help reduce weight.

The fiber found in cornmeal prevents the consumption of excess foods and helps to reduce weight due to the resulting feeling of satiety. In addition, due to the high fiber content, corn meals have fewer calories than the same amount of other foods. 200 g of cornmeal contains about 10 g of fiber. Therefore, it makes sense to include corn in your diet to suppress hunger and lose weight.

Corn contains a special type of carbohydrate called starch. Which, unlike ordinary ones, do not turn into fat, and are not digested in the small intestine, but are fermented in the large intestine. During this process, fatty acids block the body's ability. At the same time, he begins to consume the fats consumed with food, and the weight of a person decreases.

Cornmeal dishes can harm people with high blood clotting. At the same time, the use of products from this product should be minimized. Also, those who have been diagnosed with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract should not include a large number of cornmeal dishes in their diet. There are times when pesticides used in corn cultivation can cause an allergic reaction.

Cornbread

So that the fat eaten with food does not harm the figure, you need to include cornmeal dishes in your diet. Use it when baking muffins, bread, pancakes. It can be used to dust the bottom of a baking sheet to prevent overcooking. Mix seasonings with cornmeal to coat baked fish or meat chops.

Cornmeal biscuit

It is light and does not contain many calories. You can cook it in half an hour. Ingredients for this cake:

• corn flour - 1 tbsp;
• eggs - 5 pcs;
• sugar - 0.5 cups;
• zest of one lemon;
• 1 tsp soda;
• 1 tbsp vinegar.

1. First, separate the eggs into yolks and whites.
2. Place cornmeal, lemon, salt and soda slaked with vinegar in a container and mix.
3. Add the yolks whipped with a blender with sugar.
4. Mix everything again with a mixer.
5. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites into a strong foam and combine with other ingredients.
6. Mix them gently.
7. Pour the resulting dough into the prepared form and bake for 30 minutes in the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees.
8. To slightly moisten the finished dough, you can soak it with lemon syrup.

Bread made from cornmeal

Such bread is popular in Chile. To prepare it you need:

• 0.5 kg of wheat and 0.5 kg of corn flour;
• 1 hot pepper;
• 2 onions;
• 3 eggs;
• 200 g sour cream.

1. Thoroughly mix the two types of flour.
2. Add finely chopped hot pepper and onion.
3. Prepare a baking sheet by brushing the bottom and sides with butter.
4. Make a well in the center of the flour hill and add beaten eggs and sour cream.
5. Knead the dough and place in a baking dish.
6. Put in the oven for 35 minutes.
7. While still hot, cut the bread into portions.

Corn flour cookies

For cooking you will need:

• 300 g corn and 300 g wheat flour;
• 20 g yeast;
• 100 g of sesame oil;
• 3 art. l. fennel and cumin seeds;
• a pinch of cinnamon.

1. Pour some cinnamon powder and cumin into the water.
2. Add the flour mixture, yeast and a pinch of salt.
3. Stir until smooth.
4. Slowly pour in the sesame oil and beaten eggs. If the dough is too hard, you can add a little water.
5. Roll out the finished dough with a thickness of 1 cm and cut it with a special mold or glass.
6. Place the cut out cookies on the fennel scattered in the saucer and lightly press with your hand. After the cookies, put on a baking sheet, greased with oil.
7. Place in the oven when the heating temperature reaches 180 degrees. Bake for 20 minutes.

cornmeal calories

Start caring about your weight by knowing your ideal figures. Stay away from diets that promise fast weight loss in a short amount of time. Exercise regularly and balance your diet. Make sure that the body receives the necessary substances (proteins, fats and carbohydrates). Calculate the calorie content of the meals you eat so that everything is spent.

To calculate the calorie content of cornmeal dishes, consider the following indicator: 100 g of whole grain cornmeal contains about 300 calories. They can be used up by dancing for 60 minutes.