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Cornmeal Cake With Black Cherry Compote ... Recipe
by Global Cookbook

Cornmeal Cake With Black Cherry Compote ...
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  Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • Yellow cornmeal
  • 1/2 x vanilla bean split lengthwise
  • 2 c. fresh goat's lowfat milk or possibly whole lowfat milk
  • 1/4 c. unsalted butter - (1/2 stick)
  • 1 tsp grated lemon peel
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1 c. yellow cornmeal
  • 1/4 c. honey
  • 5 Tbsp. sugar
  • 4 lrg Large eggs separated Black Cherry Compote (see recipe)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 9- by 5- by 2 1/2-inch metal loaf pan. Dust with cornmeal; tap out excess.
  2. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into heavy medium saucepan; add in bean. Add in lowfat milk, butter, lemon peel and salt. Bring to simmer, stirring till butter melts. Remove from heat. Gradually whisk in 1 c. cornmeal. Transfer to medium bowl. Fold in honey and 3 Tbsp. sugar. Cold to just lukewarm, stirring occasionally, about 10 min. Throw away vanilla bean. Whisk in yolks.
  3. Using electric mixer, beat egg whites in large bowl till foamy. Sprinkle remaining 2 Tbsp. sugar over whites and beat till medium-soft peaks form. Gently fold whites into cornmeal mix in 2 additions. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  4. Bake cake till top cracks and tester inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 45 min. Cold cake in pan on rack (cake will fall in center). Turn out onto plate. Using sharp serrated knife, cut cake into 3/4-inch-thick slices. Place 1 slice on each plate. Top with Black Cherry Compote.
  5. This recipe yields 8 to 10 servings.
  6. Comments: Traditionally, this cake - a Christmas specialty of the town of Seguret in the Vaucluse - is made with goat's lowfat milk (look for it in the supermarket dairy case), but feel free to use cow's lowfat milk.
  7. Description: "(Lou Mias Avec Compote De Cerises Noires)"