Blackberry Cornbread Tartlets with Ricotta Cream
- 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup unbleached white flour
- 3 Tbs. sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels (from 1 ear fresh corn)
- 2 6-oz. containers fresh blackberries
- 6 Tbs. sugar
- 1 cup ricotta cheese, preferably fresh ( 1/2 lb.)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. grated orange zest
- To make Cornbread: Preheat oven to 375F.
- Coat 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
- Whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl.
- Whisk together milk and egg in separate bowl.
- Fold milk mixture into flour mixture until moistened.
- Stir in melted butter until just combined.
- Fold in corn kernels.
- Spoon 2 Tbs.
- batter into each prepared muffin cup.
- Bake 14 minutes, or until golden.
- Transfer pans to cooling rack, and cool 10 minutes; then unmold cornmeal tartlets, and cool completely on wire rack.
- To prepare Blackberries: Toss blackberries with sugar and pinch of salt in medium bowl; let stand 20 minutes to release juices.
- To make Ricotta Cream: Whisk together ricotta, sugar, vanilla extract, and orange zest in small bowl until creamy.
- To serve: Slice domed tops off muffins with serrated knife to make flat base.
- Reserve tops for another use.
- Top each cornbread tartlet with spoonful ricotta cream and 3 or 4 blackberries.
- Serve immediately.
yellow cornmeal, unbleached white flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, egg, unsalted butter, corn, containers fresh blackberries, sugar, ricotta cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, orange zest
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/blackberry-cornbread-tartlets-with-ricotta-cream/ (may not work)