Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci

I'm a big fan of Alivenci or Alivanca. Until now, I used to make the recipe for sweet alivanca - it's like a corn pudding, or a sweet and fragrant polenta. It's perfect with sour cream and jam and, definitely, hot! But I also knew about this recipe for salted cornbread with cheese and dill. I didn't have much time to show you, but while experimenting with various breakfast pies, I also got to this one. To be honest, I combined the ingredients intuitively and I was really impressed by how good it was - soft, tender, with flavours of cheese, butter and dill. You can feel and see the corn, but not too much, just enough, and it's perfect this way.

Ingredients
Egg
3 pieces
Farmers cheese
250 g
Feta cheese
200 g
Melted butter
50 g
Sour cream
200 g
All-Purpose Flour
50 g
Yellow cornmeal
100 g
Baking powder
1 tsp
Salt
1 tsp
Chopped dill
1 tbsp
Step by step
Step 1

In a large bowl, combine the cottage cheese, sour cream, eggs and melted butter.

Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci - Step 1
Step 2

Add the telemea cheese, grated on the large side, and the chopped dill.

Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci - Step 2
Step 3

Mix well all these ingredients.

Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci - Step 3
Step 4

Add in flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt, beat well with a whisk so that there won't be any lumps.

I use simple cornmeal, for polenta.

Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci - Step 4
Step 5

Line an oven sheet with baking paper. I used a springform pan of 28 cm.

Pour the dough into the pan.

Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci - Step 5
Step 6

Smooth out and place in the preheated oven at 180 C for 30-40 minutes.

Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci - Step 6
Step 7

Remove from the oven. Let cool completely.

Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci - Step 7
Step 8

Portion and serve as you like. Torn off into pieces is also good :)

Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci - Step 8
Step 9

Wonderful as an appetizer, for breakfast or simply for a craving :)

Enjoy!

Savory Cornbread with Cheese - Alivenci - Step 9
Quantity: 1 kg (10 servings)
Prep time:
60 min
Difficulty: easy
Ready in: 15 min