Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Italian CornBread/Pane di Granoturco

Bread baking at home is a kind of stress burster for me, love baking bread and cant explain how the whole house will smells while baking bread at home.You should live this fabulous bread baking moment coz we cant explain certain things in our life with words,have to live to realize how true it is. Since am hosting an event with Italian cuisine, i googled for an Italian bread. I crossed ciabatta,focaccia etc as i have baked already these bread, i dont want to make them again. When i searched for an Italian cornbread, i got this recipe from here,this bread sounds prefect for me and started preparing the bread dough and finally baked this beautiful cornbread at home last weekend.

I served this cornbread for our dinner with some grilled meats and salad, enjoyed again for breakfast with butter and jam, this bread turned out simply awesome,spongy with a beautiful crust, obviously the picture speaks a lot na, so guys if you are bored of the usual cornbread give a try to this fabulous bread and am sure you will definitely love it.This bread doesnt need eggs or any other dairy products, its completely vega friendly bread.Sending to Flavors of Cuisines - Italian event guest hosted by me,event by Julie.


1+1/2tsp Dry active yeast
1/4tsp Sugar
1/2cup Bread flour
1cup Luke warm water

Mix the dry active yeast,sugar,bread flour and luke warm water well and keep aside for 40minutes.

1+1/2tsp Salt
3tbsp Olive oil
1/2cup Cornmeal
2cups Bread flour

Now add the salt,olive oil cornmeal to the already prepared bread mixture and mix well.

Finally add the bread flour to knead for few minutes until you get a soft and stiff dough.

(Initially the dough will be sticky, dont forget to dust with enough flour and knead for 10-12minutes)

Arrange the kneaded dough in a greased bowl and keep aside for 2hours.

Once the dough doubled the volume,punch down and roll as a medium sized rectangle.

Roll it as a log, sprinkle some cornmeal over the baking tray. Drop gently the rolled log like dough.

Let it rise for an hour.

Preheat the oven 425F.

Make a deep slash in the middle of the log,place it in the middle rack of the oven.

Place an another baking tray to hold water on the bottom of baking tray and pour 2cups of tape water.

This helps to make the crust crispy, close the oven door immediately.

Bake for 30minutes or until the crust is nicely browned and firm top.

Enjoy with ur favourite spread.

44 comments:

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

oh that looks interesting.. would love to see the inside picture of the bread... bookmarked
Sowmya
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Priya Elias said... Reply To This Comment

The bread looks so good Priya. Wish I could have a piece of it :)

Shanavi said... Reply To This Comment

U sure a baking queen as well..U really hv magic in ur hands priya..Romba super a iruku

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

Wow looks so tempting

Sanoli Ghosh said... Reply To This Comment

you are an amazing baker, wonderful Italian bread akka. Perfect and yummy!

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Sona - quick picks/pick quicks said... Reply To This Comment

god Priya! how do u manage to make so many posts in a month!! salute to you!

Rafeeda AR said... Reply To This Comment

looks really good...

Sangeetha Nambi said... Reply To This Comment

Super perfectly done Priya...
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Fajeeda said... Reply To This Comment

superb bread feels to have it right now....

Asiya Omar said... Reply To This Comment

Wow! Looks yum,the explanation urge me to do now itself.

Sona said... Reply To This Comment

looks perfect and delicious..

Priya Anandakumar said... Reply To This Comment

Wow, yummy and amazing. Perfect corn bread...

Amrita ~ Proud Mummy said... Reply To This Comment

OH my this is perfection..
Love it !

Kaveri Venkatesh said... Reply To This Comment

Looks Super Good Priya!

Treat and Trick said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect color and awesome!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

That's a wonderful bake Priya. never tried baking a corn bread, now you have pushed me in that direction.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

You are correct priya. Baking make me to feel relax always. Like your corn bread too.

Sweet'n'Savoury said... Reply To This Comment

Such a pretty bake..new for me..loved it

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Corn bread sounds great,healthy and beautifully baked.

Shobha said... Reply To This Comment

Different recipe with cornmeal.. never made this.
It is perfectly baked.

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

Bread looks sooo cute priya!!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Priya u r really versatile . Cooking from Dal to Baking everything is a ease for u . Awesome priya .
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Hema said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect bake, what else to expect from you, Priya..

meena said... Reply To This Comment

The bread looks so amazing .lovely clicks

cookingwithsapana said... Reply To This Comment

Wow ! I have to learn baking tips from you.

Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Loved the crust akka... perfectly done
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Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

yummy bread

Sangeetha Priya said... Reply To This Comment

so perfect bread sis n beautiful click too...

nayana said... Reply To This Comment

Great bread totally a new one for me...

Nithya said... Reply To This Comment

Aamzing ..Looks Perfect akka..

Chitz said... Reply To This Comment

Wow.. Such a perfect bread mam !! I am loving it :)

FewMinute Wonders said... Reply To This Comment

The bread looks great Priya. My facebook Id is fewminutewonders.

Julie said... Reply To This Comment

looks yummy n delicious!!

Reshmi Mahesh said... Reply To This Comment

Corn bread looks super priya...

Vineetha Sush said... Reply To This Comment

This look like yet he bakery bread..grt job aks :)

divyagcp said... Reply To This Comment

Perfectly baked bread akka.. Looks wonderful!!

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Looks cool the bread shape!

Prema said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Perfectly made bread,too gud recipe...

saraniskitchen said... Reply To This Comment

perfect color and awesome looking bread...

Faseela said... Reply To This Comment

cute and perfect bake

Archana said... Reply To This Comment

Looks awesome. My kids like Italian will link up for sure.

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Saras said... Reply To This Comment

This looks so pretty and can feel the freshness in it..Perfectly baked..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Beautiful color and crust on the bread. Love it.