Etta's Cornbread Pudding

By mm_food4me

Ingredients

• Ingredients for the pudding:
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup cornmeal
• 1/2 cup grated jack cheese
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted plus a little more for buttering pan
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter plus a little more for buttering pan
• 1 cup thinly sliced onion
• 3/4 cup grated dry jack cheese (or substitute regular jack or sharp cheddar)
• 2 teaspoons chopped flat leaf parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• 2-1/4 cups heavy cream
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

To make the cornbread:
1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Butter an 8x8 inch baking dish. Combine the flour, cornmeal, cheese, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
2. In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, and honey. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring until just combined. Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter and stir into the mixture.
3. Pour into the prepared pan and bake about 15 to 20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cut into one inch cubes. You should have about 8 cups of cornbread, but you only need one third of the cornbread cubes (about 2-2/3 cups) for this recipe. (Note: freeze the extra cornbread for future batches of pudding).

To make the cornbread pudding:
1. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Put the 2- 2/3 cups of cornbread cubes in a buttered dish. Set aside.
Heat the 1 tablespoon butter in a saute pan over low heat and cook the onions very slowly until soft and golden brown, at least 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Scatter the onions, cheese, and herbs over the cornbread cubes. Whisk together the heavy cream and eggs with salt and pepper in a mixing bowl and pour over the cornbread cubes. Let sit for 10 minutes so the cornbread absorbs some of the custard. Bake until st and golden and 40 minutes. Serve hot.