This loaf blends flour and mielie meal for texture, sweetcorn for bursts of sweetness and cheddar for richness. It is ideal for braais, sharing platters, or slicing thick and serving warm with butter. Recipe compliments of Rediscover Dairy.

Prep: 15 minutes | Bake: 50 minutes | Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 150 g mielie meal
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon chopped chives
• 3 sweetcorn cobs, kernels removed
• 200 g cheddar cheese, grated
• 300 g buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 115 g butter, melted

Atchar butter:

• 1 tablespoon mango atchar
• 80 g butter, softened

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease and line a loaf tin.
2. Combine flour, mielie meal, baking powder, salt, chives, corn and cheese in a bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk buttermilk, eggs and melted butter.
4. Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir gently until just combined.
5. Spoon into the loaf tin and smooth the top.
6. Bake for 50 minutes until golden and cooked through.
7. Whip the softened butter, then stir in the atchar.
8. Serve slices of warm bread with atchar butter.