Sweet Corn Madeleines Food

SWEET CORN MADELEINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, vigorously whisk egg, egg white, and granulated sugar until blended. Add flour mixture and whisk until just combined. Whisk in 6 tbsp. butter and the corn kernels.
• Generously butter a 12-compartment madeleine pan or mini-muffin pan (2-tbsp. size) with remaining 1/2 tbsp. butter. Spoon batter evenly into cups (they'll be full).
• Bake madeleines until they're light golden and spring back when lightly pressed in center, 12 to 15 minutes. Loosen from pan with a knife and lift out to a plate.
• Serve madeleines warm or at room temper­ature, dusted with powdered sugar.Note: Nutritional analysis is per madeleine.

CORNMEAL-HONEY MADELEINES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk together sugar and eggs in another medium bowl until pale and thick, about 2 minutes. Whisk in honey. Fold in flour mixture using a rubber spatula. Pour in butter in a slow, steady stream, folding gently to combine. Refrigerate batter for at least 4 hours (or overnight).
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter and flour a cast-iron pan, and fill about three-quarters full. Bake until golden around edges (time will vary depending on size of pan). Remove from oven, and immediately transfer madeleines from pan to a wire rack. Let cool. Coat each with glaze, and serve immediately.

CORNBREAD MADELEINES WITH ANCHO CHILE BUTTER

Steps:

• For the ancho chile butter: Mix the butter, cilantro, ancho powder, honey and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
• For the madeleines: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray the madeleine mold with cooking spray.
• Mix the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, melted butter and egg until well mixed. Stir the flour mixture into the buttermilk mixture until just combined; do not overmix. Fold in the Cheddar, corn and jalapenos.
• Scoop 1 heaping tablespoon of the mixture into each madeleine mold. Gently tap the mold to release any air bubbles. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Serve the madeleines dolloped with the ancho butter.

CORNMEAL AND SHALLOT MADELEINES WITH CRèME FRAîCHE AND CAVIAR

Steps:

• In a skillet cook the shallot in 1 tablespoon of the butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is softened and let the mixture cool completely. In a bowl stir together the cornmeal, the flour, the baking powder, and the shallot mixture, add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, cut into bits, and blend the mixture until it resembles fine meal. Stir in the egg, 1/4 cup of the crème fraîche, the water, and salt and pepper to taste and stir the batter until it is combined well.
• On a baking sheet heat 16 well-buttered 2 2/3- by 1 3/4-inch madeleine tins (about 2 tablespoons capacity) in the middle of a preheated 400°F. oven for 2 minutes, remove the tins from the oven, and into each tin spoon a heaping 1 1/2 teaspoons of the batter. Bake the madeleines on the baking sheet in the middle of the 400°F. oven for 6 to 8 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the centers comes out clean, turn them out onto racks, and let them cool completely. The madeleines may be made 3 days in advance and kept chilled in an airtight container. Top the madeleines with the additional crème fraîche and the caviar.

FRESH CORN MADELEINES WITH SOUR CREAM AND CAVIAR

Steps:

• Make madeleines:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush molds with some melted butter.
• Whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Whisk together egg, buttermilk, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and corn in another bowl, then add to dry ingredients, stirring until just combined.
• Spoon 1 teaspoon batter into each mold and bake in middle of oven until madeleines are golden around edges and spring back when pressed lightly, 5 to 6 minutes. Turn madeleines out onto a rack to cool and make more in same manner.
• Top madeleines:
• Put sour cream in pastry bag (if using) and pipe (or spoon) about 1/2 teaspoon onto each madeleine, then top with a rounded 1/4 teaspoon caviar.

BLUE CORN MADELINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter madeleine molds and set aside.
• In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients (cornmeal - salt).
• Stir in milk, egg and butter.
• Working in batching and cooling molds between batches, spoon 1 tablespoon batter into each prepared madeleine mold.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes or until madeleine is golden brown on the bottom.
• Turn out onto rack to cool completely.