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How to make dough from corn flour. Dishes made from corn flour are a legacy of the Aztecs. For greasing waffles

Eh, long gone are the days when, at the easy suggestion of Nikita Sergeevich (who promised to show Kuzkin’s mother to the Americans), corn was the queen of the fields. And then corn bread was sold in stores, and there was heaps of corn flour! But no, dishes made from corn flour do not take root in our East Slavic cuisine. Meanwhile, corn flour (like grits) was and to this day remains a very popular ingredient in the cuisines of different nations.

Many have heard about the famous Italian polenta or Moldavian mamalyga, Mexican tortillas or Georgian mchadi. Americans (Southern and Northern) still revere corn, and in Southern Europe it remains held in high esteem. And we... We have nothing special to boast about in this regard (except for sweet corn sticks from Soviet times). Therefore, we can only learn the art of preparing dishes from corn flour, the recipes of which were inherited by modern people from the ancient Aztecs.

Tortillas from Mexico

Since we are talking about the Aztecs who founded Mexico City, we will begin to master recipes for dishes made from corn flour and Mexican tortillas. These corn tortillas are delicious on their own and as a base for many Mexican dishes. For real tortillas you need an open fire and a special clay frying pan. But we can handle them just fine in a regular frying pan.

Ingredients:

Corn flour (one and a half cups)
Water (half a glass)
Margarine (50 g)

Preparation:

Finely chop the margarine with a knife. Sift the flour and add to the margarine, along with a pinch of salt. Grind the margarine and flour into crumbs and, gradually adding water, knead the dough. Divide the dough into several parts (according to the number of future flat cakes), cover with a towel and leave for about fifteen minutes. Then roll out the dough into round thin flat cakes and fry them on both sides in a dry (no oil!) hot frying pan. Tortillas are ready! You can eat them instead of bread, or you can go further and cook...

Based on tortillas, you can make tostados - the same flour tortillas, but fried in oil. If you put the filling between two tortillas, sprinkle them with cheese and fry them in oil, the result is a quesadilla. And if the tortilla with filling is rolled 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 prepare more “laconic” corn cakes.

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,” prepare both options and compare.

Ingredients:

Corn flour (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 the dough into oblong cakes, which we place in a heated frying pan and bake in the oven. This method of preparing mchadi is closest to baking it in traditional stone frying pans “ketsi”. But many housewives fry mchadi in a frying pan in vegetable oil (like regular cutlets). These flatbreads are served with cheese (ideally Imeretian or Suluguni).

Polenta from Italy

By and large, polenta is a hearty and tasty porridge that was originally considered food for the poor. But over time, wealthier Italians also “saw through” her, and besides, they “ennobled” her. Polenta recipes differ mainly in additives. It is prepared with cheese, vegetables, mushrooms, seafood, and 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

Preparation:

Prepare the cheese (by grating) and garlic butter in advance for the polenta. For the last one, melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the crushed garlic clove in it. For polenta, use only a thick-bottomed pan. Pour water and milk into a saucepan and boil. Then add the crumbled bread there and, stirring constantly, pour in all the flour. Cook it over low heat, constantly stirring (it’s more convenient to do this with a wooden spatula). After cooking the polenta for about 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 in the garlic oil and remove the pan from the heat. Serve with greens.

Cornbread from America (from Stephen King)

Are you surprised? No, of course, the master of literary horror films himself did not come up with this recipe and did not even publish it anywhere. But cornbread is mentioned very often in his works. Remember The Green Mile? And the cornbread that Tom Hanks' character fed 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
Glass of sour milk
Tablespoon sugar
Partial glass of water
Butter (2 tablespoons)
Baking powder (sachet)
Baking soda (quarter teaspoon)

Preparation:

Turn on the oven in advance and place an empty thick-bottomed frying pan in it (let it warm up). Meanwhile, pour a tablespoon of flour into a bowl and pour boiling water over it (not a full glass). Whisk the brewed flour and add sour milk (kefir, yogurt) and an egg. In another bowl, mix the remaining flour, sugar, salt, baking 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 frying pan out of the oven and melt the butter in it. Pour the oil into the dough and grease the entire pan with the rest. Mix the dough again and pour it into the mold. Bake for twenty to thirty minutes. We determine the readiness of the bread by the golden crust and the moment when it begins to move away from the walls of the pan.

Note:

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

In general, corn flour is considered a dietary and healthy product. It’s not for nothing that recipes for dishes made from it are so “multinational”. So don't pass by when you see a bag of cornmeal on the supermarket counter. Try yourself as a researcher of the culture of the ancient Aztecs, who not only loved corn, but also revered it, calling it their golden sun.

Each of us often comes across corn flour on store shelves, but, unfortunately, not everyone knows what can be made from it, and yet 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 teaspoon;
fresh – 50-70 g.

Preparation

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 add a chicken egg into this bowl, sift the wheat flour here, sprinkle everything with salt and knead a thick 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 flat cakes. Coat the bottom of a heated Teflon frying pan generously with a piece of good, fresh lard. Place the cakes here and, reducing the heat 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.

Preparation

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

Corn flour is a dietary product; it contains a large amount of protein and starch, which are easily and quickly absorbed by the body. The components that make up the flour can promote better bile secretion, reduce 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 corn flour for making baked goods 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 using this flour.

Cornmeal fritters

They turn out unusually bright and fragrant.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
3 tbsp. spoons of sugar
300 grams of kefir
1 teaspoon baking powder
4-6 tbsp. spoons of wheat flour
6-10 tbsp. spoons of corn flour
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.

You need to add corn and wheat flour and baking powder to the mixture. To avoid lumps, you should mix everything thoroughly.

You need to fry the pancakes in a frying pan greased with vegetable oil. A golden color will indicate that the dish is fully prepared.

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

Corn flour cookies

It's worth pampering your household.

Ingredients:
150 grams corn flour
50 grams each 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:

You need to chop the nuts, chop the raisins finely, you can add figs, dried apricots, etc. to the mixture to taste.

Corn flour, sugar, baking powder, and water are also added here. From the prepared dough you need to form several pieces of small cookies and place 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 this delicious and healthy dessert.

Instead of nuts, you can add flax or sesame seeds to the cookie dough, replace sugar with honey, and also add a handful of oatmeal and candied fruits. The result is an equally delicious dessert that is perfect for a children's holiday table.

Thanks to such simple dishes you can significantly diversify your family's diet. In addition, dishes made from corn flour have excellent nutritional properties and contain a large amount of substances beneficial to the body.

Corn flour a very useful product, although we are accustomed to baking from wheat flour, we can also bake from corn flour. There is quite a large number cornmeal baking recipes.

We will introduce you to cornmeal baking recipes. With them you can easily diversify your family's menu and your family will be able to try something completely new for them. It’s worth trying to make this baked goods at home, especially since corn flour is on sale in any large supermarket and is quite affordable.

Cornmeal Cookies
Cornmeal muffins
Corn pies with berries
Corn shortbread cookies
Crispy corn cookies
Corn pie with cottage cheese

Corn Cottage Cheese Casserole

Casserole with cottage cheese and corn flour

It would seem like nothing new, just another cottage cheese casserole. In fact, this is what it is, only this does not include either wheat flour or semolina, they are replaced by corn flour.

Cornmeal gives the casserole a whole new taste and smell. This casserole is also healthier than the classic one. And children really like the yellowish color that corn gives.

To prepare the casserole you will need:

Corn flour – 150 g;
Cottage cheese of any fat content – 600 g;
Egg – 4 large pieces;
Baking powder for dough – 0.5 teaspoon;
Vanillin - to taste;
Sugar - to taste;
Salt - on the tip of the knife;
Vegetable oil - for greasing the mold.

Let's start cooking:

You should start cooking with cottage cheese. You can use any fat content; I prefer to use full-fat homemade cottage cheese from the market. Often I take not even 600 g, but a little more. Pour the cottage cheese into a bowl for preparing the casserole, remembering it with a fork if it is large.
Add sugar to your taste, and add salt, mix the cottage cheese and sugar well.
Now break the eggs into the cottage cheese and mix everything well.
Then add baking powder and vanilla, mix everything again.
Add all the corn flour to the cottage cheese, mix everything thoroughly until smooth. The flour should combine well with the cottage cheese, there should be no lumps.
Take the form in which you will bake it, the size and shape are not important, you can even bake it in a frying pan. Lubricate it well with vegetable oil, you can also grease it with margarine, but grease it generously.
Place the casserole dish in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake for 40-50 minutes.
Then remove from the oven and let it cool, only then shake it out of the mold or simply cut it into pieces directly in the mold.

Enjoy your meal!

Corn cookies with ginger and lemon

Corn cookies with ginger and lemon

Simply incredibly delicious cookies with an oriental touch. If you love ginger-lemon flavor, then you will be delighted with these cookies and will have a lot of fun with them.

Friends brought the recipe for this cookie from a vacation in Turkey and since then all our friends and family have been preparing it.

To make Lemon Ginger Corn Cookies you will need:

Corn flour – 130 g;
Corn grits – 50 g;
Salt – a small pinch;
Ground ginger - a quarter teaspoon;
Sugar – 150 g;
Butter – 100 g;
Egg – 1 piece;
Grated lemon zest - 1 tablespoon.

Let's start cooking:

Immediately take a container of suitable size for preparing the dough.
The butter must first be softened by keeping it in a warm room.
Pour sugar into the butter, and use a whisk to mix the butter and sugar well. The oil should change color to white. Become more airy.
Then break the egg into the butter and mix everything well again with a whisk until smooth.
Now take a lemon and grate the zest from it, there should be 1 tablespoon of zest, usually 1 lemon is enough to grate a spoonful of zest. Pour it into the oil.
Add ground ginger to the oil as well.
Mix corn flour, corn grits and baking powder in a separate bowl. If the grain is very large, you can grind it a little in a coffee grinder, I don’t do this.
Add the dry mixture to the butter and mix everything very thoroughly.
Next, take a baking sheet and line it with parchment paper.
Now take the dough with a tablespoon, roll it into balls, press each ball slightly. Place the cookies on a baking sheet, do not place them next to each other, there should be at least 4 cm between them.
Place the baking sheet in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake the cookies for 15 minutes.
Remove the finished cookies to a plate.

Bon appetit!

Cornmeal Cookies

Cornmeal Cookies

Unusual cornmeal cookies will bring something new to your sweet homemade baked goods. These cookies are very tasty and crispy.

Cookies go great with tea or a glass of milk. So it is good for a snack for children on a walk, it is quite nutritious and is simply ideal for such snacks.

To make cornmeal cookies you will need:

Corn grits – 130 g;
Wheat flour - glass (200 g);
Butter – 100 g;
Egg – 1 fat;
Sugar – 100 g;
Salt – a pinch.

Let's start cooking:

For cooking you will need a deep dish.
The butter must first be softened. To make it soft faster, you can cut it into small pieces immediately into the prepared bowl.
Pour sugar into the butter and grind until white. (These cookies can be prepared not only sweet, but also salty, if you like such baked goods).
Next, add all the corn grits to the oil. It must be finely ground. Mix the cereal and butter well.
Next, break 1 egg into the mixture of butter and cereal, mix everything well.
Next, add wheat flour, add it gradually, because cereals and flour are different, so it is necessary to add flour gradually so as not to overdo it. Mix everything well, the dough should be soft.
Roll the dough into a ball. Sprinkle the table with flour. Roll out the layer to about 1 cm thick. Press out with a cookie cutter or simply cut the layer into pieces.
Place cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Place the baking sheet in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake the cookies for 25 minutes until beautifully golden brown.
Remove cookies to a plate.

Your cookies are completely ready!

Cornmeal muffins

Cornmeal muffins

Delicious corn flour muffins, perfect for family tea parties or serving to guests. Blackcurrant in the dough gives an incredible aroma and pleasant taste. I often prepare these baked goods for children, they love them very much and take them with them on walks.

To make cornmeal muffins you will need:

Corn flour – 160 g;
Black currant – 100 g;
Wheat flour – 50 g;
Kefir – 100 g;
Sugar – 120 g;
Egg – 2 pieces;
Baking powder for dough – 1 teaspoon.

Let's start cooking:

For cooking you will need a deep dish.
Break all the eggs there and pour in the sugar, whisk the eggs and sugar a little. There is no need to beat until foamy, just combine them thoroughly.
Then pour kefir into the eggs. You can take the cheapest kefir, it’s even better to take kefir that is already approaching the end of its shelf life; the dough always fits better with such kefir. Mix them.
Pour half the cornmeal into the eggs and kefir. Stir the dough. Then add baking powder and the other half of the cornmeal, as well as the wheat flour. Mix everything thoroughly, there should be no lumps.
After kneading the dough, add all the blackcurrants and mix everything thoroughly. You can replace blackcurrants with other berries of your choice. Mix everything well and carefully so as not to crush the berries.
Then pour the muffins into the molds. You can take silicone molds or paper ones, you can take regular iron muffin tins. Fill them no more than halfway, they will fit and should not leak out of the molds.
Place the molds in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake them for 20-30 minutes. They should be browned. Be sure to check doneness with a wooden toothpick.
Remove them from the oven and shake them out of the molds.

Your muffins are ready!

Corn pie in a slow cooker

Corn pie in a slow cooker

More and more often we began to cook and bake in a slow cooker. And this pie is prepared in it. Corn flour makes it very tasty. This pie is prepared very simply and very quickly. It can be served to guests on a holiday.

Corn flour – 1 cup (250 g);
Wheat flour – 1 cup (200 g);
Egg - 3 pieces;
Milk – 250 ml;
Liquid honey – half a glass (200 g);
Butter – 100 g;
Soda – 1 teaspoon;
Vinegar 9% – 1 tablespoon;
Boiled condensed milk – 200 g.

Let's start cooking:

First you need to prepare butter and honey. They must be placed in iron or glass containers. Place the honey and butter in a steam bath, melt them and mix thoroughly to combine.
Into another deep bowl in which you will prepare the pie dough. Pour milk into it.
Break the eggs into the milk and mix the milk and eggs well using a whisk.
Add sugar to the milk and pour in the butter and honey mixture, mix well.
Add just a little flour to the milk mixture and mix with a whisk.
Next, pour baking soda into a tablespoon and fill it with vinegar, pour the sizzling mass into the milk mixture and stir quickly.
Add the rest of the corn and wheat flour immediately after the baking soda. Knead the dough thoroughly, there should be no lumps.
Lightly grease the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil.
Turn on the multicooker to the mode in which you bake, for me it’s soup mode. Turn it on for 45 minutes.
When the time is up, shake the cake out of the bowl and quickly turn it over and return it to the slow cooker, top down. Turn it on for another 5 minutes.
When the cake is ready, shake it out of the bowl and let it cool completely, or at least until lukewarm.
Then divide it into 2 halves. Place condensed milk on the bottom half, smooth it over the surface and place the other half on top.

Your pie is ready to serve!

Corn pies with berries

Corn pies with berries

This recipe makes not one large pie, but 3-4 small pies. They turn out simply incredibly tasty, and the berries, soaking it with their juice, make it even tastier. It is better to make such pies in the summer during berry season.

To make corn pies you will need:

Corn flour – 250 g;
Butter – 150 g;
Egg - 3 pieces;
Sugar – 150 g;
Orange juice – 3 tablespoons;
Orange zest - from 1 orange;
Vanillin - to taste;
Baking powder for dough – 1 teaspoon;
Berries - to taste.

For the syrup:

Orange juice;
Sugar – 100 g.

Let's start cooking:

To prepare, you need a deep bowl in which it will be convenient to beat.
Break the eggs into it and pour in the sugar, beat them with a mixer until a thick, stable foam.
The butter must be melted in a steam bath or microwave; the butter should not be hot, just warm, otherwise the beaten eggs will curdle. Pour it in a thin stream into the beaten eggs, beating with a mixer at medium speed.
Now take an orange, first remove and grate the zest from it, and pour it directly into the beaten eggs. Then cut the orange in half and squeeze out all the juice. Take 2 tablespoons of this juice and pour it over the future dough.
Then add a little flour and stir.
Pour in the baking powder, stir and add the rest of the flour, mix the dough thoroughly so that there are no lumps.
Pour the batter into portioned pie pans; if you don’t have any, you can make 1 large pie in your existing baking pan.
Place the molds in the oven, preheated to 170°, bake until golden brown, be sure to check readiness with a toothpick.
Leave the pies to cool.
In the meantime, prepare the syrup. For it, mix the remaining orange juice and sugar in a small saucepan.
Place on the fire, bring the syrup to a boil, let it simmer for about 5 minutes, remove from the heat and let it cool.
Shake the slightly cooled pies out of the molds.
Cut the top crust off the pie.
Drizzle them well with syrup.
Place fresh berries on top.

Your pies are completely ready!

Corn pie with poppy seeds and pear in a slow cooker

Corn pie with poppy seeds and pear in a slow cooker

This delicious pie is worthy of serving on a holiday table. Poppy and pear make it simply special and incredibly tasty. It is prepared in a slow cooker, which makes its preparation very simple.

Corn pie goes great with tea, milk or a cup of aromatic coffee. Be sure to try it, you will love it forever.

To make this pie you will need:

Corn flour – 150 g;
Wheat flour – 200 g;
Poppy – 250 g;
Pear – 250-300 g;
Water – 300 ml;
Sugar – 180 g;
Vegetable oil – 120 g;
Baking powder for dough – 1.5 teaspoon;
Vanillin - to taste;
Powdered sugar - for sprinkling the cake;
Vegetable oil - for greasing the mold.

Let's start cooking:

Immediately take a deep bowl in which you can prepare the dough.
Pour all the poppy seeds into the bowl at once.
Add all the sugar to the poppy seeds.
Pour all the corn flour there, stir this dry mass so that the ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
Boil water and immediately pour boiling water over poppy seeds, sugar and corn flour. Mix everything quickly. Now let this mixture brew and cool, this takes about 25-30 minutes.
While the poppy mixture is infusing, you can prepare the remaining ingredients.
Combine wheat flour, baking powder and vanillin and re-sow.
Peel the pears, remove the core with seeds and cut the pear into small cubes.
When the poppy seed mixture has cooled, add vegetable oil and pear to it, mix everything thoroughly.
Next, add wheat flour, knead the dough thoroughly, try to avoid any lumps.
Grease the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil.
Place the dough in the multicooker bowl, turn it on to the baking mode, or the mode in which you usually bake. Turn it on for 50 minutes.
When the time is up, shake the cake out of the bowl, quickly return it to the bowl upside down and turn it on for 5 minutes so that the top is also baked.
Then shake the cake out of the bowl and sprinkle it with powdered sugar.

Your pie is completely ready!

Corn shortbread cookies

Corn shortbread cookies

These cookies are prepared very quickly and will take almost no time. It turns out very crumbly and tasty. These cookies are just the perfect addition to tea. Of course, it’s difficult to take them with you for a walk; they crumble very easily.

To make cookies you will need:

Margarine – 150 g;
Egg – 2 pieces;
Sugar – 100 g;
Corn flour – 1.5 cups (250 g);
Baking powder for dough – 0.5 teaspoon.

Let's start cooking:

To prepare, take a container in which it will be convenient for you to prepare your dough.
Prepare the margarine first. It must be put in an iron bowl, place it on the stove and melt completely, it should become liquid. Pour it into the prepared bowl.
Add sugar to margarine.
Break the eggs directly into the margarine. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth.
Add gradually, kneading all the corn flour, thoroughly knead the dough.
Place it in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.
Take a baking sheet and line it with parchment paper.
Pinch off pieces of the dough, roll it into balls, flatten it and place it on a baking sheet.
Place the baking sheet in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake until golden brown, the baking time is not indicated, because everyone pinch off pieces of dough of different sizes and the baking time will differ, rely on the color of the product.
Place the finished cookies on a plate.

Bon appetit!

Corn pie with pear and orange

Corn pie with pear and orange

A delicious pie will perfectly diversify your tea party. Even a small piece of such a pie will bring a lot of pleasure. Our family loved it from the first bite and now we cook it all the time. It can be easily prepared even for a holiday to serve to guests.

To make Pear and Orange Corn Pie you will need:

Corn flour – 200 g;
Wheat flour – 150 g;
Butter – 150 g;
Orange zest – 1 teaspoon;
Orange juice – 40 g;
Egg - 3 pieces;
Milk – 100 ml;
Sugar – 140 g.

Let's start cooking:

To prepare, prepare a deep bowl in which it will be convenient to prepare the dough.
Break eggs into a bowl and add sugar. Beat the eggs and sugar with a mixer or whisk until they double in size.
Then add room temperature milk to the eggs.
Melt the butter in a small bowl until it becomes liquid. Pour the butter into the milk and eggs.
Take an orange and grate the zest from it, you need 1 teaspoon. Then cut the orange and squeeze out the juice. Add orange juice and zest to the dough.
Then mix corn and wheat flour separately, add baking powder to the same.
Add the dry mixture to the liquid mixture and mix them thoroughly so that there are no lumps.
Peel the pear and cut it into long slices or half rings.
Take a pie pan, a springform pan works best.
Place the dough in the mold and place the pear slices on top.
Place the pan in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake the cake for 40 minutes
Let it cool a little, remove it from the mold.

Your pie is ready to serve!

Crispy corn cookies

Crispy corn cookies

Very tasty and crispy cookies go great with any drink. Children simply gobble up these cookies on both cheeks. The seed grains in the dough make it even more attractive to children, who love both products.

To make corn cookies you will need:

Corn flour – 400 g;
Sugar – 150-200 g;
Butter – 200 g;
Kefir – 60 ml;
Baking soda - a quarter of a teaspoon;
Sunflower grains – 100 g.

Let's start cooking:

Making these cookies is quite simple. Immediately take a container in which it will be convenient for you to prepare the dough.
The butter must first be softened. Place it in the prepared bowl.
Add sugar to butter and mix them well.
Then mix cornmeal, sunflower seeds and baking soda. Add them to the butter. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth.
Then add kefir to the resulting mass, mix everything thoroughly again, the mass should become homogeneous.
Then place the dough in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
Then roll out the dough into a thin layer about 1 cm thick.
Cut the layer into pieces of any shape. Place cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Place the baking sheet in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake the cookies for 20 minutes.
Remove the finished cookies from the oven and place them on a plate.

Bon appetit!

Corn cookies with dried cranberries

Corn cookies with dried cranberries

If you love cranberries, you can't help but love these cookies. The cookies turn out very tasty and crumbly, and the cranberries give them a slight sourness. Making it even tastier and more enjoyable to taste. It goes great with tea or milk.

To make cranberry corn cookies you will need:

Corn flour – 150 g;
Wheat flour – 120 g;
Sugar – 80 g;
Egg – 1 piece;
Butter – 120 g;
Salt – a small pinch;
Dried cranberries – 40-50 g;
Lemon zest – 1 teaspoon.

Let's start cooking:

Take a comfortable deep bowl for preparing the dough.
Place butter in it, it is better to soften it first, keep it in a warm room until it becomes soft. Place it in the prepared bowl.
Add sugar to the butter, beat with a mixer or whisk, it should become more fluffy.
Next, add the eggs to the butter mixture and beat them together until smooth.
Grate the zest from the lemon, you need to grate 1 teaspoon.
In a separate bowl, combine corn and wheat flour. Pour it into the oil mixture.
Add the dried cranberries immediately. Mix everything thoroughly and knead the dough.
Next, you can roll out the dough and squeeze out the cookies with a cookie cutter, or you can simply pinch off pieces of dough, roll them into balls, flatten them a little and the cookies are ready.
Place cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Place the baking sheet in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake the cookies until golden brown.
Remove the finished cookies from the baking sheet and place on a plate.

Bon appetit!

Corn Pie "Delight"

Corn Pie "Delight"

This corn pie will make any tea party bright and tasty. You just can't help but like its delicate and pleasant taste. The chocolate glaze on top makes it simply magically delicious and this pie can easily replace a cake.

To make corn pie you will need:

For the pie:

Corn flour – 250 g;
Wheat flour – 100 g;
Semolina – 50 g;
Sugar – 150 g;
Kefir – 400 ml;
Egg – 1 piece;
Refined sunflower oil – 120 g;
Baking powder for dough – 10 g;
Salt – a small pinch.

For the glaze:

Dark chocolate – 100 g;
Butter – 50 g.

Let's start cooking:

As usual, you need a deep bowl in which you can comfortably prepare the dough.
Pour all the kefir into it, break the eggs and pour in the sugar. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth.
Then add vegetable oil to the kefir mixture, pour in 100 g, the remaining 20 will be used to grease the mold. Mix the same way.
In a separate bowl, combine cornmeal, wheat flour, semolina and baking powder. Mix them together.
Pour the dry mixture into the kefir mixture and mix everything well. The mass should be homogeneous, without lumps. Leave the dough to sit for 10 minutes. This is necessary because corn flour is coarser than wheat flour and needs to be allowed to swell a little.
Then take the form in which you will bake and grease it with the remaining vegetable oil. Pour the dough into the mold.
Place the pan in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake until golden brown. Be sure to check doneness with a toothpick.
Then remove it from the mold and let it cool.
While the cake is cooling, you need to prepare the frosting. To do this, take small iron or glass dishes. Finely chop a chocolate bar into it, finely chop the butter.
Place the bowl in a bain marie until the chocolate and butter melt completely. While they are heating, stir them regularly, the chocolate and butter should mix into one mass.
Once you melt it, pour the resulting glaze over the cake.

You can serve your pie either warm or completely cooled.

Bon appetit!

Corn pie with cottage cheese

Corn pie with cottage cheese

The most delicious and tender cornmeal pie you have ever tasted. This recipe was given to me by a pastry chef, he prepares it in the restaurant where he works and it stands there, I tell you, it’s not quite like a piece of ordinary pie. You can simply prepare it at home and please your family with a new delicacy.

To make corn pie you will need:

Corn flour – 200 g;
Wheat flour – 80-90 g;
Medium fat cottage cheese – 250 g;
Sugar – 190 g;
Baking powder for dough – 2 teaspoons;
Egg - 3 pieces;
Lemon – 1 small piece;
Orange – 2 pieces;
Salt - a quarter of a teaspoon;
Butter – 50 g;
Sour cream – 50 g.

Let's start cooking:

You need to start with cottage cheese. It will need to be crushed with a blender or rubbed through a sieve. It should become pasty.
Add sour cream to the cottage cheese and mix them.
Then add softened butter and 150 g of sugar to the cottage cheese. Mix them thoroughly. You should get a homogeneous mass.
Now take an orange and grate the zest from it. You need 1 tablespoon of this zest. Put the orange itself aside for now.
Next, start adding eggs into the curd mass; they need to be added one at a time, mixing the ingredients after each egg added separately.
Now take a 200 ml glass, squeeze the lemon juice into it, then squeeze the juice from the oranges, you should have a full glass of this juice mixture. Stir it.
Pour half a glass of lemon-orange juice into the curd mass, set the other half aside. Mix the juice with the curd mass.
In a separate bowl, combine corn flour, wheat flour and baking powder. Add the dry mixture to the curd mixture. Mix everything thoroughly, there should be no lumps.
Take a baking dish. Grease it with a little vegetable oil or margarine. Place the dough into the mold.
Place the pan in the oven, preheated to 180°, bake the pie until golden brown. Check the doneness of the cake with a wooden toothpick.
While the pie is baking you need to cook the syrup. Take a small saucepan for it. Pour the second part of the juice into it and add sugar. Bring it to a boil and immediately remove from the stove.

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Content

A cereal such as corn is of great industrial and nutritional importance. Flour from it can be found in almost any supermarket. The most important advantage of this cereal is its higher yield compared to traditional grain crops: wheat and rye. Corn flour - you can use this product to prepare dishes for both a family dinner and a holiday table; all you have to do is choose the appropriate recipe for cookies or other delicacies.

The benefits and harms of corn flour

This valuable product is made from different varieties of corn. Its composition is rich in B vitamins, potassium, iron, magnesium, calcium. In addition, this product made from corn grains contains starch, which is easily absorbed by the body. This product is known for its dietary properties, i.e. it will help in losing weight. Compared to wheat, corn is considered a gluten-free crop.

As for harm, this product promotes blood thickening and prevents weight gain, which is why it can harm people who are underweight. In addition, baked goods made from corn flour and the product itself can cause excessive bile secretion and contribute to the deterioration of the diseased liver. In addition, such a product is poorer in nutritional value than its wheat counterpart.

What to cook with corn flour

The described product has a pleasant yellow color and a sweetish taste. The calorie content of corn products (dietary) is 330 kcal per 100 g. Using a product of this type, you can prepare, for example, porridge, corn flakes or some dessert for tea or coffee. Fine grinding is widely used for delicate and fluffy culinary products, and coarse grinding can be used to bake liver or homemade bread. The latter is very easy to prepare:

First you need to mix flour, salt and baking powder in a deep saucepan, and in a second container combine granulated sugar with vegetable oil and add milk.
Next, you need to mix everything and knead the dough to a semi-liquid consistency.
All that remains is to pour the dough into a large mold, preheat the oven to a temperature of 180-200 degrees and place the bread there. You need to bake for about 45 minutes.

Bakery

Before making cornmeal dough, choose a suitable baking option that your whole family and guests will enjoy. For example, you can use it to make cheesecake, cheese buns, Mexican flatbread, kefir pie, cupcake, etc. Carbohydrate-rich corn baked goods make a great choice for gluten-free cookies, a great breakfast item.

Diet dishes

If you decide to treat your family and friends with a dietary dish with the taste of corn, pay attention to mamaliga in Abkhazian, Moldavian and other options. In addition, you can make summer vegetable cutlets, for the preparation of which you will need carrots and cheese. An excellent option would be dietary kefir pancakes, Italian polenta, which is essentially porridge, vegetable steak, etc.

Cornmeal Recipes

Before answering the question of how to cook dishes from corn flour (often called maize flour), choose the appropriate step-by-step recipe. Pancakes, pancakes, and cookies made from this healthy dietary product are very popular. There are many recipes for baking, especially all kinds of pies. If you don’t know what to choose, especially if you urgently need to prepare lunch or dinner, then pay attention to the following options:

cake;
pies;
hominy;
pancakes.

Corn bread

Number of servings: 10 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 266 kcal per 100 g.
Cuisine: American.

Even a young housewife can prepare bread from corn, which contains vitamins and minerals necessary for the human body, at home. At the same time, it is best to combine such flour with wheat flour, because... it does not contain gluten, so baking from corn products in their pure form with yeast, without any additives, is not very successful. In this regard, for cooking you will have to add other types of flour.

Ingredients:

wheat and corn flour – 240 g each;
milk and yoghurt – 120 ml each;
butter – 100 g;
egg – 1 pc.;
sea salt - 1 pinch;
baking powder – 10 g;
chili pepper (green) – 1 pc.:
onion feathers (green) – 4 pcs.

Cooking method:

Mix both types of flour, add baking powder, finely chopped onion and pepper.
Melt about 90 g of butter in milk. Beat the egg with salt, yogurt, then mix with milk and butter.
After combining all the ingredients, knead the dough.
Grease a springform baking dish with the remaining oil, spread the dough evenly into it and place in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Corn flour cake

Number of servings: 7 persons.
Cuisine: European.
Difficulty of preparation: difficult.

When planning to make something delicious, pay attention to the cake, which can be a great addition even to the holiday table. The light “Violet” cake without puff pastries and rich cream can please anyone. To answer the question of how to prepare such a confectionery masterpiece, you need to purchase the necessary products and be patient. But the result will exceed all expectations.

Ingredients:

corn and wheat flour - 400 and 150 g;
sugar – 2 tbsp. l.;
sugar for cream – 120 g;
milk – 450 ml;
corn starch - 1 tbsp. l.
lemon zest (optional) – 1 tsp;
black currants or other berries – 50 g:
walnuts – 50 g;
cranberries – 25 g;
purple food coloring – 0.5 tsp.

Cooking method:

Add sugar to warm water, stir until dissolved. Mix both types of flour, add butter, knead with your hands.
Knead the dough, gradually adding water and sugar. You should get a semi-baked shortcrust pastry. Place it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
To make the custard, place the milk over medium heat. Grind the yolks with starch, sugar and pour in half the hot milk. Then pour the resulting mass into the remaining milk. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
Grate the zest into the cream, cover with a lid, and cool. Next, divide it into two parts, adding chopped nuts to one, and berry puree to the other.
Divide the dough into 8 balls, roll each of them into a cake. Bake the cakes until lightly browned on both sides. Give each one a round shape. Grind the trimmings in a blender.
Assemble the cake, coating the cake layers with cream with nuts and berries - be sure to alternate.
Add coloring to the remaining cream, mix it and place it on the top cake layer. Sprinkle with crumbs. Place the confectionery product in the refrigerator for soaking.

Corn cookies

Cooking time: 120 minutes.
Number of servings: 4 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 339 kcal per 100 g.
Purpose: for breakfast.
Cuisine: American.
Difficulty of preparation: easy.

Delicious gluten-free cookies can replace almost any breakfast. For many, recipes for baking from corn products are still perceived as a bit of a novelty, but in fact, people began to use this product for making cookies, bread and tortillas for a very long time. Corn played an important role in the history of America; its homeland is considered to be the territory of modern Mexico.

Ingredients:

corn flour – 7 tbsp. l.;
sugar – 3 tbsp. l.;
vegetable oil – 1/4 cup;
cinnamon (ground) - to taste;
eggs – 2 pcs.;
nuts – 40 g;
raisins – 30 g.

Cooking method:

Mix a quarter cup of butter with sugar, add crushed nuts with cinnamon and raisins.
Break 2 eggs. Mix everything thoroughly.
Add flour. The dough should not turn out liquid.
Place the resulting mass by the tablespoon or teaspoon onto a greased baking sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes in an oven preheated to 220 degrees.

Cornmeal pies

Cooking time: 60-70 minutes.
Number of servings: 3-4 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 250-300 kcal per 100 g.
Purpose: for breakfast.
Cuisine: European.

What do you need to make delicious pies using corn raw materials? It is necessary to prepare a suitable filling. An excellent option would be eggs with cabbage. The finished products will turn out not only satisfying, but also very nutritious, because... Corn grains are rich in minerals, vitamins and amino acids. You can snack on these pies during any meal.

Ingredients:

corn and wheat flour - 200 and 70 g;
white cabbage – 150 g;
water – 150 ml;
granulated sugar, salt - 1 tsp each;
yeast (fast-acting) – 6 g;
eggs – 5 pcs.;
onion – 1 pc.;
Sunflower oil – 3 tbsp. l;
spices - to taste.

Cooking method:

Knead the dough, add sugar and yeast. Leave for 10-15 minutes in a warm place.
As soon as the yeast swells, add eggs and salt. Stir.
Add all the wheat flour, some corn flour.
While kneading the dough, add the remaining corn products until the mixture sticks to your hands. Cover the dough with cling film and leave for 1.5 hours.
For the filling, chop the cabbage and fry it over medium heat. Salt it, add spices, finely chopped half an onion. Simmer the cabbage, stirring it constantly.
Boil the eggs, cool, cut into cubes. Fry the second half of the onion. Add chopped eggs.
Roll out the dough into a “sausage”, cut it into pieces, from which form circles. Arrange the fillings.
Bake for about 20 minutes in the oven at 175 degrees.

Mexican flatbread

Number of servings: 9 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 268 kcal per 100 g.
Purpose: for any meal.
Cuisine: Mexican.
Difficulty of preparation: easy.

Along with various Mexican dishes, tortillas are also very popular, the recipe for which anyone can master. In Mexico, Tortillas is the national bread, which can be used to prepare dishes such as tacos, enchiladas, burritos, etc. Not only corn, but also wheat products can be used for tortillas.

Ingredients:

flour – 1 glass;
fat/oil – 25 g;
salt – 1/2 tsp.

Cooking method:

Combine flour with salt and fat.
Gradually adding water, knead a soft elastic dough that does not stick to your hands. Then cover it and leave for 15 minutes.
Divide the dough into 9 small parts, rolling each of them until transparent.
Bake the cakes until fully cooked in a dry frying pan on both sides until faint brown spots appear.

Hominy

Cooking time: 45 minutes.
Number of servings: 2 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: about 100 kcal per 100 g.
Purpose: for lunch, dinner.
Cuisine: Romanian, Moldavian.
Difficulty of preparation: medium.

This healthy and tasty Romanian and Moldavian dish is rolled into balls or cut into pieces before eating. It is also popular among some Caucasian peoples. They eat mamalyga with melted cracklings, grated cheese, butter and sour cream. It is served as a side dish with fish or meat. To learn how to make delicious hominy, check out the ingredients and cooking method below.

Ingredients:

corn flour – 2 cups;
water – 4 glasses;
butter – 2 tbsp. l.;
salt – 1.5 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

First, pour water into a thick-bottomed saucepan or cauldron. Add salt there.
Add flour, stir. Try to avoid lumps.
Place over medium heat and cook for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Then add the remaining flour, stirring well.
Continue cooking for 20 minutes, scraping the hominy from the sides of the container and stirring again.
The dish will be ready when crusts appear on the walls of the container.

Pancakes

Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Number of servings: 2 persons.
Calorie content of the dish: 221.8 kcal per 100 g.
Purpose: for lunch, dinner.
Cuisine: American.
Difficulty of preparation: medium.

Corn flour is great for pancakes, which will differ slightly in taste from their wheat counterparts. The finished baked goods will have a pleasant aroma and taste. While preparing the pancake batter, you can experiment by adding a pinch of cinnamon or vanilla. It is advisable to consume them warm immediately after cooking. Serve them with jam, honey, condensed milk or sour cream.

Ingredients:

wheat and corn flour – 40 and 130 g;
sunflower oil – 30 g;
milk – 260 ml;
eggs – 2 pcs.;
sugar – 2 tbsp;
salt – 1 tsp.

Cooking method:

Knead the pancake dough. To do this, mix eggs with granulated sugar. Next, beat the entire mass to a fluffy consistency using a whisk or mixer.
Next, add the oil and salt while continuing to mix.
Add milk, beat with a whisk. To reduce calories, use water.
Add flour to the dough in small portions. Whisk everything thoroughly to break up any flour lumps.
Make a homogeneous mass, which should not be too liquid or thick.
Heat a frying pan, grease with a thin layer of oil (sunflower). Pour a portion of dough into the center and quickly spread in a circular motion.
Fry until golden brown on both sides. Do this with each piece.