VIDALIA ONION UPSIDE DOWN CORNBREAD

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You will need a 10 or 12 inch cast iron skillet for this dish. Please be careful flipping the cornbread out of the pan, do this at your own risk

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 Vidalia Onions
4 tablespoons of butter
1 1/2 cups of fine ground cornmeal
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
8 ounces frozen broccoli-thawed
4 eggs
16 ounces of 2% cottage cheese

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
  • Slice the Vidalia Onions into rings leaving the rings in order if possible
  • Melt the butter in the cast iron skillet
  • Place the onion slices close together into the butter, fill in any spaces with smaller bits of onion
  • Finely chop any remaining Vidalia onion and reserve it.
  • Let the onions cook on medium heat for 5 minutes
  • While the onions are cooking mix the batter:
  • Add the cornmeal, flour, sugar and baking powder in a bowl and stir to combine.
  • In a large bowl beat 4 eggs, mix in the cottage cheese
  • Squeeze the water out of the broccoli and mix this into the eggs. Add the reserved chopped onions
  • Add the cornmeal mix and stir to combine.
  • Pour the batter over the onions
  • Bake the cornbread for 22-28 minutes or until done.
  • Let the cornbread cool for 10-15 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cornbread.
  • Place a plate over the pan and using oven mitts carefully flip the pan over and remove the cornbread from the pan

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