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European Style Corn Bread in the Air Fryer

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I love making corn bread in the air fryer. You get a delicious crispy crust without needing to preheat a pan. This is a European style corn bread in that it’s less muffin-like and it is unsweetened. Don’t be fooled though, you’ll love this as a snack or with a stew. I grew up having this corn bread quite often. In Serbia, where I’m from, it’s called proja (pronounced pro-yah). I love it with cheese but traditionally it’s also filled sometimes with chopped smoked pork rinds or cooked spinach. It comes together in no time and with the air fryer, this corn bread is cooked in 20 minutes.

The Ingredients

These ingredients are pretty typical to have on hand in the house which means corn bread whenever you want! I really love feta cheese in mine, which is closest to the traditional way I’ve eaten it, but feel free to add your favourite cheese.

  • fine cornmeal

  • all purpose flour or all purpose gluten free flour

  • baking powder

  • salt

  • sunflower or avocado oil

  • mineral water

  • full fat plain unsweetened yogurt or milk

  • eggs

  • feta cheese

Mix the Dry Ingredients

The best way to mix any batter is to first mix the dry ingredients and in a separate bowl mix the wet ingredients. First whisk together cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until it’s uniform in colour.

Mix the Wet Ingredients

Combine the oil, mineral water (which helps to leaven the cornbread), yogurt and eggs in a bowl. Whisk together until the eggs are fully broken up and incorporated into the other ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry in a larger bowl and fold with a wooden spoon until fully combined. At first it may appear liquidy but it’ll shortly get thicker.

Cook It

Add a bit of oil to the bottom of the flower bunt pan until fully coated. Add half of the corn bread batter into the pan, then sprinkle on crumbled feta cheese and top it with the remaining batter. Air fry in a preheated air fryer for 20 minutes. Remove when it’s a deep golden brown. You’ll have to be patient before you flip it out! Wait 5 minutes, flip it carefully onto a cutting board and wait another 10 minutes (or 20 minutes) for it to cool before cutting. This is important. Cutting into it too soon will keep it from getting fluffy inside.

European Style Corn Bread in the Air Fryer

Prep Time: 7 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Cooling time: 15 mins

Course: bread, Snack

Cuisine: European

Servings: 6 servings

Equipment

  • 3qt bunt pan

  • Air Fryer or Ninja Foodi

Ingredients  

  • 1 cup fine cornmeal

  • ½ cup all purpose flour or all purpose gluten free flour

  • ¼ tsp baking powder

  • ¼-½ tsp salt depending on how salty your cheese is

  • ½ cup mineral water

  • ½ cup full fat unsweetened yogurt or milk

  • ¼ cup sunflower or avocado oil plus more for greasing bundt pan

  • 2 large eggs

  • 100 g feta cheese crumbled, about 1/2 cup

Instructions 

  • Whisk together cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt until combined. Set aside.

  • Whisk together mineral water, yogurt, oil and eggs until eggs are fully combined.

  • Preheat air fryer to 375 F

  • Mix together dry and wet ingredients with a wooden spoon until fully combined.

  • Add 1-2 tbsp oil to the bundt pan. Swirl so it coats the bundt evenly.

  • Pour in half of the batter into the bundt. Scatter feta cheese evenly overtop of the batter in the bundt. Pour on top remaining batter.

  • Air Fry for 20 minutes - it will be deeply golden brown.

  • Remove and cool in the bundt pan for 5 minutes.

  • Flip carefully onto a cutting board and allow to cool 10-20 minutes before cutting into it.

Eva Bee