Crackling Bread Recipe
After Scout’s first day at school in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, her terrible day is alleviated a little by Calpurnia giving her crackling bread; “it was not often that she made crackling bread, she said she never had time, but with both of us at school today had been an easy one for her. She knew I loved crackling bread.” Crackling bread is made by baking pork rind into bread and is a quintessential Southern dish. Here’s how you can make your own at home; we’ve substituted the crackling for coked, crumbled bacon.
Servings
1loaf
Servings
1loaf
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat an oven to 425C.
  2. Place the butter in a cast iron skillet and heat the butter in the oven for four minutes.
  3. Sift the cornmeal and flour together. Make a well in the center of the mixture.
  4. Whisk the buttermilk eggs and bacon together.
  5. Pour into the flour and cornmeal well and stir.
  6. Pour into the skillet with the melted butter.
  7. Bake at 425C for 30 minutes until golden brown.
  8. Serve and enjoy.