Corn Meal Uses - suggestions please?

[GetMeTheBigKnife]

I bought a bag of Instant Corn Masa Mix and made the creamiest polenta I ever had. Since I bought this product for the polenta only, I am curious what others use corn meal for. This product is a fine mix like flour, unlike other corn meal products I have purchased.

 

[pdswife]

When Paul makes pizza dough we sometimes

dust the cookie sheets with corn meal before laying the dough on them but, other than that we don't use it.

 

[GetMeTheBigKnife]

Yes, I do that too with the Quaker Oats coarse kind. This stuff is fine like flour. This is used for making tortillas...etc, but I am not interested in cooking Mexican, neccessarialy

 

[cooking=love]

You can just keep it in the freezer until you want polenta again.
CL.

 

[Bangbang]

Season it and use it for fish filets.

 

[GetMeTheBigKnife]

I thought of the usual topical uses such as for fish and other meats. What I really wanted was to "make" something like a bread. I have been searching the web and so far I have some lawn fertilizer and a couple facial mixtures - LOL@me

 

[Lugaru]

I want to second using it for pizza dough, it's a very ritch and protein filled flour so it gives great results.

Have you ever made cornbread? Try it with a little more butter than usual, some diced peppers and cheese, it's such good stuff.

 

[Bangbang]

I want to second using it for pizza dough, it's a very ritch and protein filled flour so it gives great results.

Have you ever made cornbread? Try it with a little more butter than usual, some diced peppers and cheese, it's such good stuff.

Don't forget the bacon.

 

[norgeskog]

My mother would make it and mix with pork sausage, and put it into a loaf pan ty set. When done, she would slice 2/3 inch thick or so, lightly flour and fry in a skilled until brown and crunchy on the outside, serve with real maple syrup, mmmmm. It was called scrapple adn I believe it is a southern dish, not certain, but really good.

 

[lindatooo]

Corn Dogs!!!!!!!

 

[Catseye]

I bought a bag of Instant Corn Masa Mix and made the creamiest polenta I ever had.

BigKnife, I'm perusing a cookbook I bought recently, Glorious Italian Cooking by Nick Stellino. In his recipe for basic polenta, he instructs to stir the mixture constantly for 30-40 minutes. Did you do that? The one time I made polenta, years ago, I let the stuff burble along mostly on its own, and only stirred nonstop as it was reaching the end, and it seemed to turn out all right, although I had no basis for comparison. Stirring it for 30 minutes nonstop seems awfully tedious. Do you find it necessary?


Cats

 

[GetMeTheBigKnife]

Yes, stirring was necessary. To date I have been adding stuff to the mix before I pour it into a loaf pan. Sausage, bacon, sun dried tomatoes have worked nicely. I have fried the slices and baked them as well.

Its been a nice change from the ususal starch sources.

I was hoping to mix things up a bit at the dinner table and I have been pleased.

 

[Alix]

I know you said you weren't interested in cooking Mexican, but I use tortillas for everything under the sun. I would make a big batch of tortillas with it and freeze a bunch. Then you have the makings for tortilla pizza, pinwheels for when you have company, chicken caesar rollups any number of tasty little treats.

 

[norgeskog]

On Barefoot Contessa today she prepared rosemary/garlic/parmasean polenta. I went to FTV and printed it. I will try to return with URL for it.

EDIT: I will post it on recipe page so will not have to move it.

EDIT #2: Changed my mind, sorry I cannot figure out where to put it, does not fit under bread or misc. So here it is:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_29669,00.html

 

[GetMeTheBigKnife]

I saw that show, it was a repeat. LOL I made it last week. It was very rich. Michael Chiarello (sp?) also made polenta, I made his too. Emeril made polenta too...and guess what?! I made it. I have been making polenta for a week and a half so far. I think I am done now

 

[mudbug]

Which one did you like the best, GMTBK?

 

[tweedee]

Gravy.............Half Flower and Half Cornmeal

 

[Claire]

Oh, dear, no Mexican? Well, hubby buys it to make polenta, but even more so he loves me to make tamale pie.