Mimis Southern Style Corn Recipes

MIMI'S CORNBREAD DRESSING RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Coat bottom and sides of a 10-inch cast-iron skillet with 1 Tbsp. oil; heat in oven 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, stir together cornmeal mix, next 3 ingredients, and remaining 1 Tbsp. oil. Pour batter into hot skillet.
• Bake at 400° for 30 minutes or until golden. Remove from oven to a wire rack; cool 15 minutes. Crumble cornbread into a large bowl. Stir 5 cups broth into crumbled cornbread until moistened, adding more broth, 1 Tbsp. at a time, if necessary. (Mixture should resemble wet sand.)
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add onion and celery, and sauté 8 to 10 minutes or until tender. Add onion mixture to cornbread mixture.
• Microwave remaining 1/2 cup butter in a small microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute or until melted. Stir melted butter, eggs, and remaining ingredients into cornbread mixture; spoon into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
• Bake at 400° for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until golden brown. Serve immediately.

MIMI'S SOUTHERN STYLE CORN

Steps:

• At medium heat, add corn to butter in a large skillet.
• Stir in flour, sugar, salt and 1/2 cup of milk.
• Cook, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Add remaining 1/2 cup of milk before serving and stir well.
• VARIATION: Use 8 ears of fresh white corn with large kernels. Cut corn from cobs by first cutting down through the kernels, then scraping the pulp from the cob with the back of the knife. This frees the pulp from the shells.

CORN CHOWDER FROM MIMI'S CAFE

Steps:

• On medium heat, melt butter.
• Simmer onion and celery for 5 minutes until soft but not brown.
• Add water, potatoes, corn and seasonings.
• Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until potatoes are barely tender.
• Whisk the flour into 1 cup of half & half and stir into soup.
• Add remaining 3 cups half & half.
• Simmer for about 15 minutes until soup thickens to creamy consistency.
• To make soup thicker, simmer another 5-10 minutes.

MIMI'S CAFE CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in large saucepan. Once melted add celery and onion and saute for 5 minutes (not til brown, just til soft).
• Add water, potatoes, corn, sugar, salt and pepper, making sure water covers everything, adding more if not covered completely. Cover and simmer until potatoes are tender, usually about 30 minutes.
• Whisk flour into 1 cup of the half and half and then stir into soup.
• Add remaining half and half and simmer until soup is thickened to a creamy consistency (usually about 15 minutes).
• Season to taste with additional salt and pepper if wanted. If the chowder is too thick, add some milk, if it is too thin, simmer for 5-10 minutes more.