suemunzlinger's Recipe

Creamed Corn

Category: Side dish

Better-Than-Granny's Creamed Corn

Serves 6




Ingredients
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 medium (about 4 ounces) onion, diced fine
2 pinches kosher salt
1 sprig rosemary, bruised (this is, crushed roughly between your hands)*
8 ears fresh corn (about 3 pounds total)
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric (to up the yellow a bit)
2 tablespoons stone-ground cornmeal
1 cup heavy cream
1 pinch black pepper, freshly ground


Instructions
1.Put the butter in a 3-quart saucier and melt over medium heat. Add the onion, salt and rosemary and sweat until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
2.Meanwhile, place a bowl upside down in the middle of a large mixing bowl.
3.place the ear vertically on the small bowl and using a chef's knife, cut off the kernels.
4.When all the kernels have been removed, turn the knife around and use the spine of the blade to carefully scrape out any remaining pulp.
5.Add the corn, sugar and turmeric to the saucier and continue cooking over medium-high heat until the liquid from the corn thickens a bit, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle the cornmeal onto the corn mixture and stir to combine. Add the cream, reduce the heat to medium and cook until the corn is very soft, 2 to 3 minutes.
6.Fish out the rosemary, season with pepper and serve as a side to just about anything, or use to make cornbread