Cornmeal Cake (le Gateau De Mais)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons sugar or 2 tablespoons splenda sugar substitute
• 3 tablespoons coarse yellow cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 1 large apple, peeled, cored, and cut into thin slices

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 450 degrees f.
• 2 pour the melted butter into a 10-inch tart pan and swirl it around so it evenly covers the bottom.
• 3 heat the milk in a small saucepan over low heat until it is hot but not boiling.
• 4 keep it hot over very low heat.
• 5 in a large bowl, whisk the egg with the sugar.
• 6 then whisk in the cornmeal, flour, and salt.
• 7 whisking vigorously, slowly add the hot milk, stirring until combined.
• 8 strew the apple slices over the surface of the tart pan.
• 9 whisk the cornmeal mixture again and pour it over the apples, shaking the tart pan if necessary, so that the batter evenly covers the surface.
• 10 the apple slices will stick well above the batter.
• 11 bake in the center of the oven until the cake is deep golden on the edges and a lighter golden in the center, 15 to 20 minutes.
• 12 when the corn cake is cooked, remove it from the oven and serve immediately.