Recipe Roundup: Beyond Corn on the Cob
by Kitchen Maus
on August 11, 2008
I have been known to indulge in hot, buttered, salty corn on the cob as a late-night snack. Or, just microwave a bowl of frozen kernels for a quick fix any time of day. And, while I know the norm may be one, three ears of corn seems to me a reasonable single serving size at dinner. Corn even makes it into my top five favorite foods. That's why I love this time of year--not only are grocery shelves piled high with ears of corn, but food magazines and websites are loaded with recipes. Here's a round-up of a few to try:
- Sweet Corn Cupcakes with Brown Butter Frosting (Serious Eats): Corn and cupcakes, together as one? You know you want to try one!
- Corn with Bacon and Miso Butter (Gourmet): This recipe, adapted from NYC's Momofuku restaurant, sounds (and looks--see above right) pretty much perfect.
- Sweet Corn Flan with Tomato-Corn Relish (Epicurious): Double the corn!
- Summer Corn Soup (Bon Appétit): Another recipe with the classic corn-bacon combo.
- Fried Corn and Onions (Allrecipes): Really more of a sauté, but let's not quibble with a good corn recipe.
- Corn Silk Tea (Gourmet): Why just throw out all that lovely silk?
Add a comment if you have a favorite corn recipe to share! Also, if you're a seriously corny person like me, you might require a corn gadget to speed up all that shucking. Check these out:
--KitchenMaus
Spanno on August 11, 2008 at 03:33 PM
Last night I made a grilled corn, black bean, and Rotel salad modified from a Jamie Purviance recipe (Weber's Real Grilling). It had a lime juice and olive oil dressing. Absolutely delicious. Next time I'll try using chunks of avacado instead of Rotel.
--Spanno
Sbarney on August 11, 2008 at 04:21 PM
Smoky Penne With Corn & Tomatoes!
I made this one last year with the corn and tomatoes we grew in our garden. I used cojito which was too stiff and didn't melt, it just stayed in little balls, and it still tasted great!
Just make sure you get all the seeds out of the chipotles.
http://www.yumsugar.com/623117
mclieb on August 12, 2008 at 10:23 AM
I'm with you on the corn, but my favorite is "real" tomatoes from the garden or farmers market, sliced with s/p and tons of corn on the cob. I've made the corn and onion recipie, but instead of butter used bacon and then sauted the corn and onion in the bacon fat. This is just an August thing, would not recommend the bacon fat year round.