Corn, leek and sweet red pepper pudding

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Nonstick cooking spray
3 tablespoons Vegetable oil
2 cups Chopped leeks: white and light green
1 Parts only; (about 3 medium leeks)
1½ cup Red bell peppers; diced 1/4\"
4 cups Fresh corn kernels (7 to 8 ears); divided
2 teaspoons Minced garlic
4 larges Eggs
1½ cup Half-and-half
1½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
⅜ teaspoon Ground red; (cayenne) pepper
½ teaspoon Freshly grated nutmeg
1½ cup Shredded sharp white Cheddar cheese; divided
3½ tablespoon Chopped flat-leaf parsley; divided

Directions

Coat a 9-by-13-inch ovenproof baking dish with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Heat oil in large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add leeks and saute until softened, about 2 minutes. Add red bell peppers and saute, stirring, 2 minutes. Add 2 cups corn and cook, stirring, 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Remove skillet from heat.

Process remaining 2 cups corn, eggs, half-and-half, salt, black pepper, ground red pepper and nutmeg in food processor or blender until corn is finely chopped, about 20 seconds. Add pureed corn mixture to vegetables in skillet and mix well. Stir in 1 cup cheese and 3 tablespoons parsley.

Transfer mixture to prepared dish. Sprinkle remaining ½ cup cheese evenly over top.

Bake on middle rack until pudding bubbles around edges and knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Remove pudding from oven. If top is not golden, turn on broiler and place pudding 5 to 6 inches from heat. Broil just until golden, only a few seconds. Watch carefully.

Let pudding stand at room temperature 10 minutes before serving. (Pudding can be prepared ahead to this point. Let cool, cover and refrigerate.

Reheat at 350 degrees until hot, 15 to 20 minutes.). To serve, sprinkle remaining ½ tablespoon parsley on top.

Yield: 8 servings.

By Betty Rosbottom.

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 6/30/97 Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by Nancy Berry <nlberry@...> on Nov 09, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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