Caribbean Corn Pie
From cauri 16 years ago
- 100 minutes to make
- Serves 10
A standard Caribbean dish from Trinidad which goes with all kinds of meats and veg. You can use organic ingredients like I do if you like, but however you do it, it compliments most meals and children love it.
Ingredients
- 1300 g of sweetcorn (about 4 normal cans) shopping list
- 250 ml water shopping list
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar shopping list
- 200 g French's mustard shopping list
- 550 g Mature cheddar cheese shopping list
- 20 cl evaporated milk or rice drink shopping list
- 6 free range eggs shopping list
- 5 tablespoons cornstarch shopping list
- Freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon herbes de provence (or mixed herbs) shopping list
- breadcrumbs shopping list
- Angostura bitters (optional) shopping list
- Chilli powder (optional) shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 150ºC (300ºF)
- Put half of the sweetcorn in a blender
- Measure the cornstarch into a mixing bowl and add 50ml of water, mixing until smooth (add a bit more water if necessary)
- Pour the cornstarch mixture into the blender, adding the rest of the water, 2 pinches of salt and the sugar
- Pulse blend until you have a thick creamy mixture
- Drain the other half the sweetcorn and put it in a large bowl
- Add the creamed corn mixture to the large bowl
- Finely grate the cheese and add most of it to the large bowl, leave back a small amount to sprinkle on top of the pies
- Beat the eggs thoroughly and add them to the mixture along with the mustard, evaporated milk (or rice drink), herbs and a splash of Angostura bitters
- Mix everything together well
- Pour the mixture into one large or two smaller pyrex oven bowls
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top
- Sprinkle the bread crumbs on top of the cheese
- Sprinkle the chilli powder on top
- Place in the oven and bake for 100 minutes or until the centre of the mixture does not wobble when moving the oven bowls
- Take out and allow to cool for 20 minutes before serving
- Refrigerate and serve heated or cold
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