This AIP cornbread recipe is incredibly easy to make in just a few simple steps and 10 minutes of preparation time.
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This recipe was originally named "AIP fougasse bread". Fougasse bread is a French type of bread. But considering that my English speaking audience was not familiar with "fougasse" and that some of my readers told me, after testing this recipe, that it was like an AIP cornbread, I decided to change the recipe name.
While this AIP cornbread is enjoyable any time of year, it makes a great Thanksgiving side.
It is also delicious served with salads and soups like French Pistou Soup, Chunky Carrot Soup and Beetroot Carpaccio.
⭐ Why you'll love this recipe
- This AIP Cornbread is quick and super easy to make.
- This recipe is shockingly simple.
- This "cornbread" is gluten free, grain free, vegan, paleo and AIP compliant but also coconut free and cassava free.
📖 Ingredient notes
- Pumpkin purée. You can either use canned pumpkin purée or homemade pumpkin purée. I just take cooked pumpkin or butternut squash and put it in the blender with the other liquid ingredients from the recipe. If you are not familiar with butternut squash, you can read my complete guide to butternut squash to find out everything about it.
- Arrowroot. It is a starch. See below for substitutions.
- Tigernut flour. If you don't know what tigernut flour is and want to learn all about it, you can read my post What is tigernut flour.
For the quantities and complete list of ingredients for this AIP cornbread, please see the recipe card below.
💭 Substitutions
Arrowroot substitutions. If you are not cassava intolerant, you can substitute it with tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour).
Unfortunately, there are no AIP compliant substitutions for tigernut flour.
🧾 Variations
You can easily add some herbs and fillings to this AIP Cornbread dough to get a different flavor profile. Here are some ideas:
- Olives. You can either use green or black olives. Make sure they are AIP compliant.
- Herbs de Provence. It is a mix of rosemary, savory, oregano and thyme. Those herbs will give a nice flavor to your AIP cornbread. But you can use whichever herb you have on hand if you don't have herbes de Provence in your pantry.
- Garlic powder, onion powder.
- Parsley, dill.
My personal favorite is to add green olives (seeds removed) and herbs de Provence. See the recipe card for this option.
🥣 Step by step instructions
In a blender, combine the pumpkin puree, olive oil and apple cider vinegar. Blend until combined.
In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients : tigernut flour, arrowroot, baking soda, salt and optional herbs de Provence (or other optional fillings).
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix with a spoon until well combined. You can add some optional olives. Mix again if you do decide to add some.
Line or lightly oil a 7 inches / 18 cm diameter cake pan and transfer the batter to the pan. Spread the dough with a spatula. Cook for 20-25 minutes at 375° F (190° C) or until it reaches a golden color. And voilà! Wait for your AIP Cornbread to cool down completely before removing from the pan. Bon appétit!
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📋 Recipe / Recette
AIP Cornbread
Equipment
Ingredients
- 125 grams (½ cup) pumpkin puree
- 90 grams (¾ cup) tigernut flour no substitutions
- 40 grams (¼ cup) arrowroot see notes for substitutions
- 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil + 1 teaspoon for the pan
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- Pinch of sea salt
Optional ingredients:
- 4 Tablespoons olives seeds removed
- 2 Tablespoons herbs de Provence
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F (190° C)
- In a blender, combine the pumpkin puree, olive oil and apple cider vinegar. Blend until well combined.
- In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients : tigernut flour, arrowroot, baking soda, salt and optional herbs de Provence (or other optional fillings).
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix with a spoon until well combined. You can add some optional olives. Mix again if you do decide to add some.
- Line or lightly oil a 7 inches / 18 cm diameter cake pan and transfer the batter to the pan. Spread the dough with a spatula.
- Cook for 20-25 minutes at 375° F (190° C) or until it reaches a golden color. And voilà! Wait for your AIP Cornbread to cool down completely before removing from the pan.Bon appétit !
Sonia Gomez
Hi there 😊. I followed the recipe but even though the flavor is good ,the consistency is all crumbling. 😳
Anj
Very tasty, thank you!
My usual question … can I sub coconut milk for the oil?🙂
Bea C.
Hi Anj. I haven't tried but I guess so. I would probably go for 1 Tablespoon coconut milk + 1 Tablespoon water to replace the 2 Tablespoons of oil.
MELISSA
I found this recipe this morning and just HAD to make it. It is so good. I love this savory bread.
gohealthywithbea
Bonjour Melissa. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a nice comment and rating ❤️❤️ I'm thrilled that you love this recipe!!! What a wonderful way to finish my weekend!
Cathy
Thanks for posting this. It is wonderful! So easy, quick, and tasty. I was thinking this could be adapted to a sweet bread, so I was happy to see the comments above. I had this for breakfast, but this will be good with so many things.
gohealthywithbea
Bonjour Cathy. Thanks for your nice comment!!❤️ Happy that you like this recipe. 🥰 And yes I love easy and quick: although I love cooking and eating, I don't like to slave in the kitchen for hours... If you're looking for sweet bread recipes using tigernut flour, you can check the dessert section. You should be able to find something you might like.
Rebecca
I just ate half of this in one sitting! (Oops) This is one of the first AIP bread-like recipes that I've truly loved. I can't have many others because of the presence of coconut flour so it was a relief to find this. The olives and herbs impart such a lovely flavor and the pumpkin results in a great texture. Merci mille fois!
gohealthywithbea
Bonjour Rebecca. Oh merci beaucoup for taking the time to tell me this. ❤️❤️ I'm so happy to hear that you liked my recipe! And yes, I know that many people can't have coconut, that's why I'm trying to create as many coconut free recipes as possible.
Jan
Delicious! I swapped almond meal instead of the tigernut flour because it's what I had on hand. Also, my son doesn't eat olives (!) so I put them only on my half; I added 1/2 a small onion thinly sliced to make up for his part having no olives. It was a tasty bread that I will make again. Very nice with a strong cup of dandelion/chicory coffee for breakfast. Thanks, Bea!
Jan
Bea, thanks again for a lovely tigernut bread. I've also tried it with cinnamon, dried cranberries, several drops of orange essential oils and (if tolerated) pressed pecan halves into the surface for a totally different flavor profile. This dough is so adaptable!
gohealthywithbea
Hi again Jan. Thank you for taking the time to comment this recipe once more. I'm very happy to hear that you're still enjoying it. You're right, this dough is very adaptable. I love your ideas. Thank you for sharing them!! ❤️
gohealthywithbea
OMG! I'm so sorry I didn't reply to your comment earlier. I was in such a rush before the holidays.Then it slipped out of my mind. As we say in French "better late than never". So with extreme delay: thank you so much for your feedback!! 🥰