Our intern, Sam, shares his family recipe from when they lived in Durban. They would eat it almost three times a week with a side of dandelion salad - we don’t know why it’s called spoonbread and we also don’t know who Patrick is (see note below).

‍Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 can cream style sweetcorn
• 1 can evaporated milk
• ¾ cup mielie meal
• ½ t salt
• 1 t baking powder
• Dash of oil
• Chopped green chillies
• 1 cup grated cheese

Method

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Pour into baking dish and add extra cheese on top.
• Bake at 180°C for one hour.

*Patrick says to add fried onions