Macrobiotic Black Bean & Cornbread Casserole

Total Time: 25 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 inches piece kombu
• 2 cups dried black turtle beans, soaked overnight with 2-inch piece of kombu
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 4 ears corn, cut off kernals and reserve kernals
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon ginger juice
• 2 tablespoons shoyu
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• corn oil or olive oil
• 2 1/2 cups cornmeal
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 1/3 cups unbleached flour
• 3 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 1/3 cups soymilk
• 2/3 cup light olive oil
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f after beans and kombu have soaked overnight, discard the soaking water. clice kombu into thin strips. place beans and kombu in a 4 or 5 liter pressure cooker and cover with fresh water so that the water comes to about 1 inch over the beans. close the pressure cooker and bring the beans to pressure. place flame deflector under pressure cooker, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 30 minutes. (if you don't have a pressure cooker, cook beans in a saucepan with kombu over medium-low heat for 1 1/2 hours.).
• 2 while beans are cooking, heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. saute onions, garlic, sea salt, and corn until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. grate a 2 inch piece of ginger into pulp and then squeeze out 1 tablespoon of juice. add cumin, ginger juice, and shoyu, and cook for another 5 minutes. when beans are cooked, strain them and add to onion mixture. mix in cilantro. pour mixture into a lightly oiled 9 x 13 inch casserole dish - use corn or olive oil.
• 3 for corn bread topping, sift together dry ingredients and then blend together wet ingredients. mix them together until just blended.
• 4 pour batter over black-bean mixture and bake for 40 - 45 minutes. let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.