I love yeasted cornbread and this is basically a good recipe but the instructions are a bit off. It's best if you knead the dough for a few minutes before the 1st rise which should be about 60 to 90 minutes not 30 as stated. The 2nd rise may take longer than 30 minutes ie 45 or 50. Rather than pulverise the cornmeal in the blender I used a fine cornmeal that I bought at the Italian grocers.
A good basic leavened cornbread recipe to which you can add extras like chopped chili capsicums fresh corn salami etc. Bread is more successful if kneaded for 10-15mins prior to first rise.
We were looking for a recipie for Broa and were so glad to find one. It turned out pretty good but it doesn't keep very well. My husband was used to broa looking darker although it does taste similar to what he remembers. He thinks you need a special oven for the darker color.
I wasn't expecting this to be so heavy! I guess I should have figured it would be given the amount of cornmeal in it. It's not moist in the way that quick bread cornbread is and it's not light in the way that yeast bread is. Anyway once I got used to it I kinda liked it. You might too especially if you are a big fan of soup; I think it would be really good with a tomato-based soup. 7-2-2006: I made this again. This time I kneaded it more; it rose higher and was lighter than the last time I made it.
I didn't go with the time that was said in the recipe...I left it in the oven till it was a nice golden brown.
unless I did not do this recipe correctly it is not very good.
This is not like the Portuguese cornbread that I'm used to. This is very dense and heavy. It did not darken up as much as I thought it would and to me it tastes heavily of olive oil. I don't think I'd make this again. Also the second rise needed longer I think.
Very dense and flavorless. There seems to be something missing from the recipe to give the flavour more depth. Perhaps more salt or sugar?
The dough needs a longer rise than two 30 min stints. Mine rose for 30 and then 60 and still it hadn’t doubled its size
Didn't realize till too late that I only had 1/2 c cornmeal. Also used 1/2 c wheat germ. Delicious!!
