

This corn bread is less moist than others, but it's perfectly delicious for eating, especially when spread with butter. Active time: 10 min Start to finish: 1 hr (includes cooling)

Pizza Arizona / Dasha Wright Ewing
Complement this meatless supper with a chopped romaine and sliced avocado salad, followed by orange sorbet with nut cookies for dessert.

If you make these as a side dish for the [southern fried catfish](/recipes/recipe_views/views/108345), you can fry them in the same oil, but cook the hush puppies first because the fish will flavor the oil.

In this recipe we call for a 10 1/2- by 7- by 1-inch rectangular tart pan with a removable fluted rim; you could instead use a 10- by 1-inch round tart pan with a removable rim. The cornmeal makes a tender, delicate crust.

The Mexican sausage called chorizo teams up with other southwestern ingredients-including corn bread, an Anaheim chili, cilantro and oregano-for a delicious stuffing.

Offer this Italian cornmeal side dish in place of potatoes or rice. It's best served immediately out of the oven.