Basic creamed corn

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine
3 tablespoons Flour
1½ cup Warmed lowfat milk, whole milk or light cream
Chopped chives
Julienne red pepper strips
Julienne green pepper strips
Shredded carrot
3 cups Fresh corn kernels, cut from about 5 ears of corn
Salt to taste
White pepper to taste
Sauteed button mushrooms
pinch Curry powder
Crumbled bacon

Directions

ADD FOR VARIETY

Melt butter, stir in flour. Add milk slowly, stirring with whisk until completely blended, thickened and gently bubbling. Add kernels and simmer about 3 minutes. Season with salt and white pepper.

Leftover Creamed Corn; pureed in blender or food processor, makes a quick sauce for shrimp, scallops or crab. Mix cooked seafood into corn sauce, simmer gently and spoon over a toasted English muffin.

Although any variety of fresh corn will do, white, thin-skinned kernels make a superb creamed vegetable dish.

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