**Cornmeal Dumplings: A Southern Classic with a Twist**
Cornmeal dumplings, also known as Nanny's cornmeal dumplings, are a Southern classic that can elevate any meal. These fluffy and savory dumplings are made with a combination of cornmeal, flour, and buttermilk, giving them a unique texture and flavor. They can be enjoyed on their own as a side dish or added to soups, stews, and casseroles for an extra layer of heartiness. This article presents a collection of cornmeal dumpling recipes that cater to various dietary preferences and cooking methods. From traditional Southern-style dumplings to gluten-free and vegan options, there's a recipe here for every taste. Whether you're a seasoned cook or just starting out, these recipes will guide you through the process of making perfect cornmeal dumplings that will impress your family and friends. So, grab your ingredients and let's get cooking!
CORN DUMPLINGS
Cornmeal and kernel corn give a double dose of harvest flavor to the soft dumplings. I serve them with chicken and gravy.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 35m
Yield 8-9 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a saucepan, combine cornmeal, salt and water; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Cook and stir until very thick. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in corn, butter, onion and pepper; let stand for 3 minutes. Add egg; mix well. In a bowl, combine 3/4 cup flour and baking powder. Add to cornmeal mixture; beat well. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls; roll in remaining flour to lightly coat. In a Dutch oven or kettle, bring broth to a boil. Add dumplings. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering).
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BAKED CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS
These big, golden cornmeal dumplings are delicious with stew or any type of dish with gravy.-Grace Yaskovic, Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 35m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Combine milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients. Bring broth to a boil; carefully transfer to a 2-1/2-qt. round baking dish. Drop batter in six mounds onto broth. , Cover and bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while baking). Garnish with parsley if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 221 calories, Fat 11g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 5mg cholesterol, Sodium 909mg sodium, Carbohydrate 24g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 6g protein.
CORNMEAL DUMPLING DOUGH
Use this quick-and-easy dough recipe to make our Chicken with Cornmeal Dumplings.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Pasta and Grains
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Using your fingers, work in butter until small crumbs form. Stir in buttermilk.
CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS
Make and share this Cornmeal Dumplings recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Luvs 2 Cook
Categories < 30 Mins
Time 30m
Yield 8 dumplings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Prepare dumplings while turnip greens are cooking.
- Slowly stir cornmeal and salt into boiling water.
- Cook and stir for 2 minutes, remove from heat and let cool.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder.
- Dissolve baking soda into sour milk.
- Alternately add flour and milk to cornmeal.
- Then add the egg and beat the mixture for 1 minute.
- Drop by spoonfuls on top of turnip greens. Cover and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes.
- To serve remove dumplings with slotted spoon to a deep serving platter. Drain the greens and arrange on serving platter. Pour the pot likker over the dumplings. Enjoy.
NANNY'Z CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS
This recipe is warm up your bones meal. It's one of my favorites that grandma use to make.
Provided by Phyllis Austin
Categories Chicken
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- 1. Stir together first three ingredients, add enough warm water to make patties and add to boiling water. Simmer for 15 minutes.
CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS
Provided by Food Network
Time 30m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a mixing bowl place the cornmeal, flour, grated carrot and salt. Mix these ingredients until blended together. Make a well in the cornmeal mixture and add water, knead until the dough is firm to the touch. Cover the bowl with a cloth or tea towel and set aside. Place a large pot on the stove over medium heat. Add the butter and let melt. Once butter has melted add the thyme, pimento peppers, grated carrot, vegetable stock, tomato paste, coconut milk, Angostura bitters and evaporated milk. Bring to a boil.
- Once boiling reduce heat to medium, place the dumplings into the pot cover. Cook for 15 minutes. The dumplings will rise to the surface when they are done. To Plate: Pour this delicious concoction into bowls and serve.
COLLARD GREENS AND CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS
Collard greens are a common dish in many African American households, and are especially important during New Year's celebrations. In folklore, the greens represent dollar bills, and the more you eat, the more money you'll have in the new year. In this version, adapted from "Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking," by Toni Tipton-Martin, cornmeal dumplings simmer with the greens in a smoky stock. The dough is made using that rich potlikker and then added towards the end of cooking so the dumplings don't become soggy. This combination of greens and dumplings parallels the West African pairing of soups and stews with fufu, an accompaniment traditionally made from pounded yam, cassava or other starch. This is delicious on its own, but even better with black-eyed peas and rice.
Provided by Kayla Stewart
Categories vegetables, main course, side dish
Time 4h
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Make the stock: In a large heavy stockpot, bring 3 quarts water, the smoked meat, onions, celery, carrots, garlic, peppercorns and bay leaves to a boil. Reduce the heat to maintain a simmer, and simmer, partially covered, until the flavors are well blended, about 2 hours.
- Remove the meat from the broth. When cool enough to handle, pull the meat off the bones (discard the skin, fat, and bones). Chop the meat and reserve for another use. (The meat can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 week.) Use a fine-mesh sieve to strain the stock into a container. Refrigerate the stock until the fat floats to the top or skim the fat using a fat separator or spoon to use immediately. For chilled stock, use a slotted spoon to skim off the fat and discard. Pour out 6 cups stock to use; reserve the rest for another use in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 1 month.
- Make the collards: In a medium saucepan, bring the 6 cups stock, the onion and garlic to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to maintain a simmer, cover and simmer while preparing the greens.
- Thoroughly wash the collards and trim away the stems, if desired. Discard the stems or coarsely chop. Stack 2 or 3 leaves on a cutting board and roll tightly into a log. Slice the greens crosswise into 1/4-inch-wide ribbons. Place the greens and stems, if using, and the chiles in the broth and return to a simmer. Cook, covered, about 1 1/2 hours for very tender greens; you may cook them for less time if you have young greens or prefer greens with more chew. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
- About half an hour before the collards are done, prepare the dumplings: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar and salt. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Spoon out 1/2 cup of the potlikker from the collards and add to the butter. Remove from the heat and stir it into the dry ingredients, adding more potlikker 1 tablespoon at a time if needed for the dough to come together into a mass. Let stand 5 minutes. When cool enough to handle, use wet fingertips to shape the dough into 6 round dumplings.
- During the last 15 minutes of the collards' cooking time, carefully drop the cornmeal dumplings into the pot with the greens, making sure the dumplings are submerged in the potlikker. Cover the pot and simmer until the dumplings are cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve the greens and dumplings in bowls with plenty of potlikker.
SIMMERED GREENS WITH CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS
Provided by Edna Lewis
Categories Leafy Green Vegetable Side Kwanzaa Bacon Cornmeal Winter Collard Greens Mustard Greens Simmer Gourmet Sugar Conscious Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 6 (side dish) servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Score bacon 2 or 3 times (do not cut all the way through), then simmer in water in a wide 6-quart pot, covered, 1 hour.
- Discard any coarse stems from greens and coarsely chop leaves.
- Add greens, 2 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper to bacon and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk together flour, cornmeal, brown sugar, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt, then blend in butter well with your fingertips. Stir in milk until just combined. Let dough stand 5 minutes.
- With wet hands, roll rounded tablespoons of dough into balls.
- Gently place dumplings on top of greens. Cook, covered and undisturbed, over low heat until greens are very tender and silky and dumplings are puffed and cooked through, about 20 minutes. Discard bacon. Season with salt and pepper.
CORNMEAL DUMPLINGS
Make and share this Cornmeal Dumplings recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Aroostook
Categories Quick Breads
Time 23m
Yield 6 dumplings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine dry ingredients.
- Cut in butter (using fingers or pastry blender) until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add milk and stir.
- Drop dough by spoonful (6) into stew.
- Cover and simmer about 18 minutes or until dumplings are firm to the touch.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 130.6, Fat 6, SaturatedFat 3.6, Cholesterol 15.6, Sodium 205.2, Carbohydrate 16.9, Fiber 1, Sugar 0.1, Protein 2.6
Tips:
- Use fresh cornmeal. Fresh cornmeal will give your dumplings a more flavorful and tender texture.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing the batter will make your dumplings tough.
- Let the dumplings rest before cooking. This will help them to set and hold their shape.
- Cook the dumplings in a well-seasoned skillet. This will help to prevent them from sticking.
- Serve the dumplings hot with your favorite gravy or sauce.
Conclusion:
Nanny's Cornmeal Dumplings are a delicious and easy-to-make side dish that can be enjoyed with a variety of meals. They are perfect for a weeknight dinner or a special occasion. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can make these dumplings that your whole family will love.
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