tephra | Sausage & Peppers Cornbread Ring (Reply)

More recipes, getting tired of them yet? This one is really easy but requires a tube pan (sometimes called an Angel Food pan), you could probably make it in a Bundt pan but I like the removable bottom of the tube pan.

Ingredients:

Cornbread batter sufficient for 2 9x9" pans, divided¹
Sausage, either links or loose, about a pound, you want enough to make a nice continuous circle in your pan
Peppers and onions²
Cheese, about 2 cups of grated mozzarella or whatever you like

Cook the sausage completely. Drain, reserving some of the fat to fry the onions and peppers.

Cook the onions and peppers in the sausage fat. Drain excess fat if necessary.

Grease and flour your tube pan.

Mix up one box of cornbread mix or one batch of a recipe, and pour it into the pan. Top with sausage and peppers and sprinkle with cheese.

Mix up the second box/batch of cornbread and pour over the filling.

Bake at 400°F for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cornbread comes out dry (and possibly cheesy at the end). Let it cool about 15 minutes before removing from the pan and slicing.

This is excellent right out of the oven and also sliced cold the next day and fried in a bit of butter (I also top it with a bit of maple syrup, but New Englanders tend to be a bit weird about that). It also warms up in the microwave nicely if you cover it with a damp paper towel.

1. I use Krusteaz Honey Cornbread mix, two boxes, because it's faster and easier than making my own from scratch and tastes just as good. You'll need 1 egg and 1 cup of milk per box.

2. Go ahead and save time by buying them cut up and frozen. Birdseye's Pepper and Onion stir-fry blend is excellent but the cheap diced onions and peppers will work just as well. If using fresh vegetables figure on one small-to-medium onion and two medium peppers, or 2-3 cups worth (uncooked).

If I had more icon slots I'd make a cooking one for these posts... something from Yakitate! Japan or Addicted to Curry or something....