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Ottolenghi's Cornbread with Maple Roast Peaches
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
 
Cornbread slightly adapted from Ottolenghi's Nopi.
Servings: 4
Author: Claudia Brick
Ingredients
Corn Bread:
  • 80 g sweetcorn kernels (fresh or frozen - just over 1/2 a corn cob)
  • 85 g plain flour , sifted (2/3 cup)
  • 75 g instant polenta (1/2 cup)
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 25 g unsalted butter , melted
  • 70 ml full fat milk (
  • 70 g greek yoghurt
  • 3 eggs , yolks and white separated
  • 1 tablespoon runny honey , plus extra for serving
  • coarse sea salt and black pepper
To serve:
  • Blueberries
  • Extra maple syrup
Maple Roast Peaches
  • 4-5 large ripe peaches , halved and stoned
  • 4 tablespoons maple syrup
  • seeds of 1 vanilla bean or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla paste
  • juice of a lime
Maple Mascarpone Cream
  • 80 g mascarpone
  • 130 g creme fraiche
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Instructions
Corn Bread:
  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C. Grease and line a loaf tin (about 22cm x 9 cm - mine was a little bigger than this but still worked well)
  2. Place a small frypan over high heat and add the corn kernels. Char for 2 minutes, shaking the pan to prevent burning, until golden-brown. Remove and set aside to cool.
  3. In a large bowl, mix together the melted butter, milk, yogurt, egg yolks, honey and roasted corn.
  4. Sift over the flour, polenta, baking powder and salt and fold in until just combined.
  5. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites to soft peaks. Gently fold a third of the egg whites at a time into the corn mix until just combined.
  6. Pour into the lined loaf tin and bake for 20-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean and the top is golden. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the tin to a cooling rack.
  7. Meanwhile, make the maple roast peaches and mascarpone cream.
  8. When ready to serve, heat a large fry pan with a tablespoon of butter on medium heat. Slice the cornbread into thick slices. Fry the slices of cornbread until golden brown, flipping halfway through (about 2-3 minutes per side).
  9. Serve with the blueberries, maple cream and maple roast peaches. Drizzle with the reserved extra peach cooking syrup.
Maple Roast Peaches
  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
  2. Place the peaches, cut side up, in a single layer in a baking dish.
  3. In a small bowl, mix the maple syrup, vanilla and lemon juice. Pour over the peaches
  4. Roast peaches for 30 minutes or until very tender. If you wish to get charred edges, turn on your grill or broiler and place the dish on the top shelf of your oven. Watch carefully to ensure they don’t burn! This normally takes a couple of minutes, but depends on your oven.
  5. Transfer the peaches to a bowl, reserving the syrup separately for serving.
Maple Mascarpone Cream
  1. Place the mascarpone and creme fraiche in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Add the maple syrup and vanilla and continue to whisk until just combined. Taste to adjust sugar if you wish. Place in the fridge until needed.