Fall
Corn Casserole
- Serves 6
Author Notes
I love comfort food! But I had guests who were lactose intolerant, so I had to come up with a way to make my famous corn casserole without the animal by product. Inspired by traditional southern corn pudding recipes. —Renita Dixon
What You'll Need
Ingredients
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2 1/2 cups
fresh corn scraped (or frozen)
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1/2 cup
plus 2 tablespoon Vegan Butter (like Earthbalance)
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1/2 cup
Curdled chilled Coconut milk
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1/2 cup
chilled coconut milk
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3/4 cup
Organic corn meal
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1/2 cup
finely chopped onion
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1/2 cup
finely chopped green pepper
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1 tablespoon
Wildtree Hickory Smoked grapeseed Oil (optional)
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3 tablespoons
sweetener (I like agave)
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sea salt and black pepper to taste
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vegan breadcrumbs
Directions
- Pre- heat oven to 350 degrees
- To curdle the coconut milk: pour 1/2 cup coconut milk into a container. add 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, and chill until the milk has a creamy texture (at least an hour).
- chill the other half of the can of coconut milk, until it is thick and creamy.
- add corn to a bowl (if you use frozen, thaw it an drain it).
- Melt the butter first. Add it to the corn.
- Stir in the rest of the ingredients and mix to blend.
- Pour into an 8 x 8 baking dish.
- melt the two tablespoons of vegan butter.
- mix in the breadcrumbs.
- sprinkle the breadcrumbs on the top of the corn mixture.
- Bake on 350 until top is dry and solid to the touch (it shouldn't be shaky, but it will feel soft). Edges will be brown. 45 min to an hour.
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