Blue Cornbread Madeleines Recipes

CORNBREAD MADELEINES WITH ANCHO CHILE BUTTER

Steps:

• For the ancho chile butter: Mix the butter, cilantro, ancho powder, honey and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
• For the madeleines: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray the madeleine mold with cooking spray.
• Mix the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, melted butter and egg until well mixed. Stir the flour mixture into the buttermilk mixture until just combined; do not overmix. Fold in the Cheddar, corn and jalapenos.
• Scoop 1 heaping tablespoon of the mixture into each madeleine mold. Gently tap the mold to release any air bubbles. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Serve the madeleines dolloped with the ancho butter.

BLUE CORNMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Whisk flour, cornmeal, sugar, pine nuts, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl to blend. Whisk milk, vegetable oil, eggs and buttermilk in medium bowl to blend. Add milk mixture to dry ingredients and whisk until just blended. Fold in corn kernels. Pour batter into prepared dish. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cut bread into 2-inch squares and serve warm.
• *Blue cornmeal is available at natural foods stores and specialty foods stores.

BLUE CORN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9 inch baking dish.
• Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Sift 3 times.
• Stir the eggs and milk into the cornmeal mixture. Place the butter in the prepared baking dish, and melt in the preheated oven. Mix hot, melted butter into the cornmeal mixture. Transfer cornmeal mixture to the prepared baking dish.
• Bake on center rack in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until the edges of the cornbread pull away from the sides of the dish, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool 10 minutes before cutting.

CORNBREAD MADELEINES WITH JALAPEñO

Steps:

• Use 1 1/2 tablespoons of the butter to grease 3 madeleine pans (12 madeleines each). Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons butter in a small skillet, add shallots and sauté on medium 6 minutes or so, until soft and barely beginning to brown. Mix with jalapeños in a small bowl and set aside.
• Combine corn meal, corn flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl and whisk to blend. Mix milk and buttermilk with the eggs in another bowl, beating just enough to blend. Pour wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and fold together. Fold in the shallots and jalapeños.
• Spoon batter into madeleine molds, filling them almost to the top. Bake 15 minutes, until firm to the touch. Let cool 30 minutes, then remove from pans. Serve warm, or set aside to rewarm and serve later.

BLUE CORN MADELINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter madeleine molds and set aside.
• In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients (cornmeal - salt).
• Stir in milk, egg and butter.
• Working in batching and cooling molds between batches, spoon 1 tablespoon batter into each prepared madeleine mold.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes or until madeleine is golden brown on the bottom.
• Turn out onto rack to cool completely.

CORNMEAL-HONEY MADELEINES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk together sugar and eggs in another medium bowl until pale and thick, about 2 minutes. Whisk in honey. Fold in flour mixture using a rubber spatula. Pour in butter in a slow, steady stream, folding gently to combine. Refrigerate batter for at least 4 hours (or overnight).
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter and flour a cast-iron pan, and fill about three-quarters full. Bake until golden around edges (time will vary depending on size of pan). Remove from oven, and immediately transfer madeleines from pan to a wire rack. Let cool. Coat each with glaze, and serve immediately.

BLUE CORNBREAD MADELEINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Stir together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
• In a small bowl, beat the eggs. Whisk in the milk, butter and honey. Gently stir in the corn and cilantro.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the egg-milk mixture. Stir just until well blended. Spoon batter into well-buttered and floured madeleine pans, filling each shell 3/4 full.
• Bake for about 6 minutes. Invert pan over wire rack and tap to release madeleines. Serve warm.