BLASTOU (YIÁ-YIA'S CORNBREAD) also known as PLASTOU

 

• 8 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 3/4 cups yellow com meal
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups crumbled feta cheese
• 1 1/2 cup drained, chopped spinach
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a 9x9x2 inch baking pan.
2. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in medium nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion and sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Cool.
3. Mix cornmeal with the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and baking soda in large bowl.
4. Add 7 tablespoons butter and rub with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
5. Whisk buttermilk and eggs in medium bowl to blend. Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients and stir until blended. Mix cheese together with spinach, basil, and onion.
6. Pout half of the batter into the pan. Pour filling on top and finish off with rest of the batter.
7. Bake cornbread until golden and tester inserted comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
8. Cool 20 minutes in pan. Cut cornbread into squares.