How to Make Acorn Crusted Corn Bread Dipped in Honey
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SERVINGS:
8
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PREP TIME:
10 MINUTES
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COOK TIME:
40 MINUTES
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INGREDIENTS
1/2 c | |
1 c | |
1/4 c | |
1/4 c | |
3/4 c | |
1 tbsp | |
2 whole | |
1 c | |
1 c | |
3/4 tsp | |
3/4 tsp | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
1. In a mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients.
2. Add the milk, eggs and butter; beat for 1 minute.
3. See the notes below on how to process acorns. Mix acorns and powdered sugar into a paste. Mix with butter and spread onto a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Pour cornbread mixture over nuts. Bake at 425 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until bread is golden brown and tests done. Drizzle honey over cornbread.
Processing Acorns:
Acorns are high in tannins, a bitter and astringent acid that irritates the digestive tract and causes constipation. However, tannins are water soluble. For a good tasting acorn, you have to leech the tannins with water. By following these instructions, you can safely incorporate this idealic nut into your diet. Enjoy!
Instructions
Wild-crafted acorns should be hulled then soaked for three days, changing the water as often as possible, each time the water turns brown. If the acorns are bitter they need to be soaked longer.
1. Shell and chop into fine pieces.
2. Let stand in water, changing water to wash out the bitterness whenever the water turns dark brown (about 15 times over 4 days).
3. Roast in the oven until the acorn aroma fills in the house.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Break off a steaming hunk of Acorn Crusted Cornbread, dip it into sticky-sweet honey, and take a delectable bite. Oops! There's a little honey stuck to your nose! Sweet, nutty, and steeped with buttery goodness, this recipe is sure to bring out the kid in you. In fact, why not make an adventure for the whole family? Head outside with a paper sack and fill it to the brim with acorns fallen from your lawn's great oak tree. Warm and aromatic cornbread made from hand-collected acorns is the perfect way to celebrate the harvest holiday.
Soul Food with a Rustic Twist
Cornbread recipes are an American staple- it seems every region has its own cultural rendition. In the South, you find the classic cornbread recipes. In the Southwest, you'll see green chili on the ingredient list. Emanate the Appalachians by incorporating acorn flour. Wild-crafted acorns contain tannins which are drying and bitter, but once you remove the tannins (see process below), they become nutty and rich. What a perfect crunchy crust for soulful cornbread! Using wild-crafted ingredients connects you and your family to food on a deep level- you will begin to understand nature's role more completely, becoming more thankful for the earth's elegant process. Your kids, who used to utilize acorns solely for their aerodynamic qualities (they are quite satisfying to try and throw over the roof), will begin to realize that acorns are also food. The squirrels have it right; acorns are delicious!
A Sweet Treat
Although corn meal is great for pacifying Kapha, the additions of sugar, butter, and whole wheat in this recipe end up provoking Kapha. Vata should still be cautious of the drying qualities of corn- they could become constipated or gassy. Here's a happy solution: Spread with more butter or ghee to increase the oily quality in Acorn Crusted Cornbread and enjoy!
Reported by Frank Cook of Asheville, NC and Grass Valley, CA. (https://www.plantsandhealers.com)
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