Savoury ham and corn spoonbread

Name: Savoury ham and corn spoonbread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 61 g unsalted butter; 170 g grated Emmental; 2 g basil leaves; 4 g fresh thyme leaves; 225 g cooked ham without rind; 710 ml whole milk; 4 raw whole egg in its shell; 150 g onion; ≈ ¼ tsp ground black pepper; 3 ml hot sauce; 100 g fine yellow cornmeal

Main course

A thick corn porridge enriched with ham and cheese, then puffed in the oven with whipped egg whites.

Active time30 min

Cooking1 h

Total1 h 30 minResting : 15 min

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Ingredients

2 g basil leaves
4 g fresh thyme leaves
150 g onions
61 g unsalted butter
170 g grated Emmental
710 ml whole milk
4 pieces of raw whole eggs in their shells
225 g cooked ham without rind
≈ ¼ tsp ground black pepper
3 ml hot sauce
100 g fine yellow cornmeal

Preparation

Step completed · 1
Preheat a conventional oven to 190 °C. Grease a sufficiently deep baking dish with 5 g butter. Bring the milk to a simmer, gradually whisk in the cornmeal and cook gently for about 5 min until thick. Remove from the heat and cool for about 10 min so the yolks do not cook on contact.
Step completed · 2
Peel the onion. Wash the basil and thyme, then strip the thyme leaves. Meanwhile, chop the onion and dice the ham finely. Melt 28 g butter in a frying pan and cook the onion for about 9 min until soft and golden. Add the ham for the final 2 min. Keep all the butter and juices with the filling. Chop the basil and thyme.
Step completed · 3
Separate the egg whites and yolks. Stir the yolks into the cooled porridge with the ham, onion and their butter, cheese, herbs, hot sauce and pepper.
Step completed · 4
Beat the whites to soft peaks in a clean grease-free bowl, then gently fold into the mixture.
Step completed · 5
Pour into the greased dish, leaving space for expansion. Dot with the remaining 28 g butter. Bake for about 35 min until golden and set, reaching 75 °C in the centre for 30 s. Rest for 5 min, then serve with a spoon.

Allergens

Eggs
Milk

Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Gluten, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.

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