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Mealie Bread

Treat the family to this traditional homegrown bread. Hot out of the oven it is always a winner!
Mealie Bread
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You Will Need:

Main Dish
  • 1 cup (250 ml) chopped onions or thinly sliced leeks
  • ½ t (2,5 ml) Ina Paarman’s Green Onion Seasoning
  • 4 T (60 ml) butter
  • 3 cups (360 g) cake flour
  • 1 T (15 ml) baking powder
  • 2½ t (12,5 ml) Ina Paarman's Garlic & Herb Seasoning
  • 1½ cups (375 ml) mealie kernels cut off the cob (3 mealies)
  • 1 cup (250 ml) mealies grated off the cob (2 mealies)
  • 1 cup (250 ml) grated cheddar cheese
  • 3 extra large eggs
  • ¾ cup (180 ml) plain yoghurt

Method:

Adjust the oven rack to one slot below the middle position. Preheat the oven to 190 °C. Line and butter a 10 cm x 28 cm x 10 cm deep loaf pan. Sauté onions, pre-seasoned with Green Onion Seasoning, in butter. Leave to cool. Sift flour, baking powder and Seasoning together. Mix whole mealie kernels, grated kernels, onions and cheese. Beat eggs lightly with a fork and add yoghurt. Sift flour mixture over vegetable mixture and mix to a dough with egg mixture. Dish into prepared pan and bake for 1¼ hours. If the loaf is to be sliced while still hot, use an electric knife or a knife with a serrated edge dipped in boiling water to prevent damage to the texture of the bread.

Mealie Bread

Treat the family to this traditional homegrown bread. Hot out of the oven it is always a winner!
Mealie Bread

You Will Need:

Main Dish
  • 1 cup (250 ml) chopped onions or thinly sliced leeks
  • ½ t (2,5 ml) Ina Paarman’s Green Onion Seasoning
  • 4 T (60 ml) butter
  • 3 cups (360 g) cake flour
  • 1 T (15 ml) baking powder
  • 2½ t (12,5 ml) Ina Paarman's Garlic & Herb Seasoning
  • 1½ cups (375 ml) mealie kernels cut off the cob (3 mealies)
  • 1 cup (250 ml) mealies grated off the cob (2 mealies)
  • 1 cup (250 ml) grated cheddar cheese
  • 3 extra large eggs
  • ¾ cup (180 ml) plain yoghurt

Method:

Adjust the oven rack to one slot below the middle position. Preheat the oven to 190 °C. Line and butter a 10 cm x 28 cm x 10 cm deep loaf pan. Sauté onions, pre-seasoned with Green Onion Seasoning, in butter. Leave to cool. Sift flour, baking powder and Seasoning together. Mix whole mealie kernels, grated kernels, onions and cheese. Beat eggs lightly with a fork and add yoghurt. Sift flour mixture over vegetable mixture and mix to a dough with egg mixture. Dish into prepared pan and bake for 1¼ hours. If the loaf is to be sliced while still hot, use an electric knife or a knife with a serrated edge dipped in boiling water to prevent damage to the texture of the bread.

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