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Spoonbread Dressing

Spoonbread dressing recipe by Carla Hall

Oh. My. God. Did I just create the best Thanksgiving dressing ever? Why yes, yes I did. You’re welcome. I got all the flavors of classic dressing (that’s stuffing to you Northerners)—onion, celery, sage—and suspended them in a creamy one-pan cornbread. With this recipe, I’ve saved you the step of baking a whole loaf of cornbread just to crumble into a side dish. Anything I can do to make your home cooking easier and tastier, I’ll do. This just saved you a whole lotta time on Thanksgiving and it’s gonna get you a whole lotta praise.

Recipe from “Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration” available on Amazon.

Serves 8 to 12

INGREDIENTS

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 onion, finely diced
1 celery stalk, finely diced
Kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
2 cups whole milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup fine yellow stoneground cornmeal
1 (11-ounce) can sweet corn niblets, drained
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 large eggs

PREPARATION

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Use 1 tablespoon butter to generously grease a shallow 3-quart casserole, Dutch oven, or baking dish.

2. Melt the remaining 3 tablespoons butter over medium heat in a large pot. Add the onion, celery, and 1 ½ teaspoons salt. Cook, stirring occasionally until translucent and just tender, about 4 minutes. Add the poultry seasoning and stir for 1 minute.

3. Add the milk, sugar, and 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Continuously whisk the mixture while you pour in the cornmeal in a slow, steady stream. Keep whisking while the mixture bubbles rapidly until the cornmeal has absorbed all the liquid and is thick and smooth, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the corn and baking powder. Cool, stirring often, until lukewarm. Don’t let the mixture clump.

4. Whisk the eggs in a large bowl until pale yellow and very foamy with no liquid remaining. Add one-third of the beaten eggs to the cornmeal mixture and stir to loosen the cornmeal mixture. Add half of the remaining eggs and fold gently until incorporated, then repeat with the remaining eggs. Spread evenly in the prepared dish.

5. Bake until golden brown and set without any jiggling, about 25 minutes. When you press the top, it should spring back.

6. Serve hot or warm.

To read more about “Carla's Soul Food,” check out our Book Grub review.

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