Toasted Sweet Corn Pudding Recipes

TOASTED SWEET CORN PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in upper third. Butter a 2-quart shallow baking dish.
• Whisk together all ingredients with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl.
• Transfer to baking dish. Bake until pudding is set, 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Cool 10 minutes before serving.
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CORN PUDDING WITH ROASTED GARLIC AND SAGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Oil or butter a 2-quart soufflé dish or gratin. Set the dish in a pan and fill the pan with enough water to come partway up the sides of the dish.
• Toast the garlic: Place the unpeeled cloves in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat and toast, turning the garlic cloves often, until the skin is blackened in spots and the garlic smells toasty, about 7 minutes. Remove from the heat. When the cloves are cool enough to handle, cut away the root end and remove the skin.
• Set aside 1 cup of the corn kernels. Place the rest, with the garlic, milk, eggs, salt and pepper in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a bowl and stir in the sage and the corn kernels, then transfer to the baking dish.
• Place in the oven and bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, until the top is lightly browned and the pudding is firm. Serve hot.

SWEET CORN PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine the corn, milk, vanilla bean and seeds (if using) and salt in a medium saucepan. Set over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer. Immediately reduce the heat to low, partly cover with a lid and gently simmer, stirring occasionally so the milk doesn't boil over, until the milk is fragrant with corn, about 30 minutes. Turn off the heat, remove the corn cobs and enjoy them later as a snack or with dinner, or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You should have about 2 cups milk. If needed, add more milk.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and egg yolks. Add about 1/4 cup of the hot corn milk and whisk vigorously until smooth. Add this cornstarch mixture to the large pot of corn milk and bring to a simmer over medium heat, whisking constantly until the pudding thickens, bubbles and coats the back of a spoon, 3 to 5 minutes.
• If using vanilla extract, stir it in now; if you used vanilla bean, remove it. If you have any lumps, pass the pudding mixture through a sieve set over a bowl, discarding any solids.
• Spoon the pudding into individual bowls or cups and enjoy warm, or you can place a sheet of parchment paper directly over the surface of the pudding (so a skin doesn't form), cover and chill in the refrigerator to enjoy cold. The covered pudding will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.