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Bobota (Greek Corn Bread)
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We featured the recipe for Bobota in the former “What Can I Bring” column. If you like both corn bread and baklava, then you might love this cake, which calls for saturating a currant-studded corn bread in Orange-Honey Syrup. Serve it for dessert or have it on hand for a snack.
Perfect for: Dinner parties, potlucks, brunches
Make and take: Bake ahead of time, wrap in foil and serve out of the pan. It stores well, covered tightly, in the refrigerator for a few days.
Made famous by: Crescent Dragonwagon, who writes in her new book "The Cornbread Gospels" (Workman, $14.95) that this rustic cake is popular throughout Greece. Try it for dessert after a simple winter supper of stew or chili.
Hands on time: 25 minutes Total time: 55 minutes Serves: 12
Ingredients:
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Vegetable oil cooking spray
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons stone-ground cornmeal
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs, separated
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Zest of 1 orange
1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 cup currants or raisins
1 recipe Orange-Honey Syrup (see below)
For Orange-Honey Syrup
Makes enough for 1 Bobota (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons honey
Juice from 1 orange, plus enough water to make 1 cup
6 whole cloves
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9-inch square pan with oil and set aside. Sift together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
In a clean, dry mixing bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff. Set aside. In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the yolks one at a time. Add the orange zest. Add the flour mixture and the orange juice, stirring just until combined. Fold in the egg whites and currants.
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake until golden brown, firm and slightly domed in the middle, 35 to 40 minutes. As the cake bakes, prepare the Orange-Honey Syrup.
When the cake is done, remove it from the oven and prick it all over with a toothpick. Pour the Orange-Honey Syrup evenly all over the cake. Let stand 1 to 2 hours before serving.
For Orange-Honey Syrup
In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, honey, juice-and-water mixture and cloves. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is a thin syrup, about 4 minutes. Let cool to room temperature. Remove the cloves before pouring over the Bobota.
In a clean, dry mixing bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff. Set aside. In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the yolks one at a time. Add the orange zest. Add the flour mixture and the orange juice, stirring just until combined. Fold in the egg whites and currants.
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake until golden brown, firm and slightly domed in the middle, 35 to 40 minutes. As the cake bakes, prepare the Orange-Honey Syrup.
When the cake is done, remove it from the oven and prick it all over with a toothpick. Pour the Orange-Honey Syrup evenly all over the cake. Let stand 1 to 2 hours before serving.
For Orange-Honey Syrup
In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, honey, juice-and-water mixture and cloves. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is a thin syrup, about 4 minutes. Let cool to room temperature. Remove the cloves before pouring over the Bobota.
Notes:
This dish requires 1 to 2 hours of resting time.
Nutrition:
Per serving, including Orange-Honey Syrup: 227 calories (percent of calories from fat, 36), 3 grams protein, 35 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram fiber, 9 grams fat (5 grams saturated), 91 milligrams cholesterol, 281 milligrams sodium.
For Orange-Honey Syrup
Per tablespoon: 42 calories (no calories from fat), trace protein, 10 grams carbohydrates, no fiber, trace fat (no saturated), no cholesterol, trace sodium.
For Orange-Honey Syrup
Per tablespoon: 42 calories (no calories from fat), trace protein, 10 grams carbohydrates, no fiber, trace fat (no saturated), no cholesterol, trace sodium.
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