Recipe: Cornbread with Caramelized Onions and Apples

 

Ingredients

3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 medium onion, thinly sliced

1 teaspoon kosher salt plus salt for seasoning

Freshly ground black pepper

2 medium Pink Lady apples thinly sliced

5 tablespoons sugar, divided

3 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves, divided

1 1/2 cups cornmeal

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Preparation

Start by preheating oven to 400°F. Then, melt butter in an 8″ cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Pour all but 2 tablespoons butter into a small bowl and set it aside.

Add the sliced onion to skillet with butter. Season the onion with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened and beginning to brown. Add apples, 2 teaspoons thyme and 2 tablespoons sugar, and cook, stirring often, until apples are softened, roughly 4 min- utes. Transfer onion mixture to a medium bowl and reserve skillet.

Next, whisk cornmeal, flour, 1 teaspoon salt, baking powder, and re- maining 3 tablespoons of sugar in a large bowl. Gradually whisk in eggs, buttermilk, and 3/4 cup melted butter until smooth (no lumps should remain). Fold in half of onion mixture and scrape batter into reserved skillet. Top with remaining onion mixture and remaining 1 teaspoon thyme. Bake cornbread for 30–40 minutes, until golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool slightly before serving.

Posted in Newsletter, Recipes Tagged with: , , , ,

Recent Posts

  • Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

    Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
    via Martha Stewart

     
    Ingredients:
    6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thick
    Coarse salt and fres…

  • Farm Focus: The Buzz with Bees

    Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think  of European honey bees, we  w…

  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
    The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its f…

  • Recipe: DIY Orange Soda

    Via Food52

    Ingredients:

    4 oranges
    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
    Lemon lime seltzer water

    Method:

    Zest the oranges and the lime and add all o…

  • Farm Focus: Jim Churchill of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard

    Jim of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, never imagined himself becoming a farmer, though he grew up walking through friends orchards on weekend trips from LA. His pa…