DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Cornmeal Pudding
Spiced cornmeal pudding baked with a buttery coconut-sauce topping.
About Cornmeal Pudding
Imma describes cornmeal pone as Jamaican cornmeal pudding, a beloved Caribbean dessert. This version selects her soft-top method, pouring the prepared coconut sauce over the pudding during baking.
Coconut milk, whole milk and butter give richness. Brown and white sugars sweeten the pudding, with nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice providing the warm spice character. Rum, vanilla and raisins remain optional.
The finished dessert lies between cake and pudding, with a soft texture and a sauce-enriched top. The author lets it firm before slicing and explicitly offers chilled or room-temperature service.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cornmeal Pudding
Imma’s Jamaican cornmeal pudding with a coconut-sauce soft top.
- ButterBase
- Coconut milkLiquid
- Whole milkLiquid
- Brown sugarSweetener
- White sugarSweetener
- NutmegSeasoning
- CinnamonSeasoning
- AllspiceSeasoning
- Yellow cornmealBase
- All-purpose flourBase
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Dark rumAromatic · Optional
- Vanilla extractAromatic · Optional
- RaisinsBase · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Pudding83, separate coconut sauce99/109 and selected pan-greasing57/117 allocations consolidated.
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pudding84 and separate sauce97/109 allocations consolidated.
- Whole milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Brown sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pudding86 and sauce98/109 allocations consolidated.
- White sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Nutmeg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual spice88 and creator clarification154–156, not three teaspoons each.
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Allspice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yellow cornmeal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Creator explicitly yellow172 and plain205.
- All-purpose flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Explicit conventional all-purpose flour90 establishes ordinary wheat; broader wheat-flour candidate retains all-purpose form. Actual flour product formula unknown; gluten-free alternate53 unselected.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Heated102 and dry103 instructions share listed91 amount; exact split unknown, not duplicate doses.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dark rum (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Individually optional93, not exclusive with vanilla.
- Vanilla extract (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Individually optional94.
- Raisins (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected raisins95; explicit omit option52 retained as optional.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Jamaica
- JamaicaCatalogue link pending review
- Saint Kitts and NevisCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Jamaican Cuisine
- Saint Kitts and Nevis CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Jamaican CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.