Dawniver's Creamed Corn

It's called Dawniver's Creamed Corn because it was really a Gulliver's creamed corn recipe that I changed just the tiniest bit. I now feel entitled to change the name. Its one of maybe 5 savory things I make so B gets quite excited.

Thats not exactly true. I make things but this is maybe the only thing B requests more of.

If you are on a diet, care about heart health or have to fit into a wedding dress in 33 days please come back tomorrow. If you are me than just ignore the wedding dress part and make this creamed corn to punish yourself.



Lets start with lots of fresh corn just shucked off the cobb. Is that correct? Shucked off the cobb? I'm such a city girl I scare myself sometimes.

I had two hungry men to feed... and a bride-to-be in a tender emotional state so I used about 20 oz of corn. Use two small bags or the better part of a big bag.



Frozen corn is perfect. Notice the boxed cake mix in the background?

Nothing but the finest for my B.



Have you ever been nervous about whether or not your dinner would come out right? Whether or not your meal would be tasty?

Well, I have the perfect solution for you!

Its called "drink champagne while you cook". DCWYC works every time. Your meals always taste better!



The recipe calls for whipping cream and Vit D full fat milk. But I don't usually have that so heavy whipping cream and reduced fat milk work just fine.

1 cup of each.



Can anything that includes 1 cup of whipping cream be bad? I think not.



1 teaspoon of kosher salt.



2 tablespoons of sugar. Now creamed corn is supposed to have a touch sweetness to it. But you can definitely use less if you need to.



Just keep dumping all this stuff in the pot.



White pepper! If you don't have white pepper you can use some cayenne instead.



I really suggest pouring it into the palm of your hand first. This stuff is not like black pepper. White pepper is like a fine dust and very easy to lose control of when tipping into the pot.

Use a pinch. I use a large pinch and if I have cayenne I throw a pinch of that in too. Don't worry, it won't be too peppery because you have all the fat in the cream (and ahem, butter) to balance it out.

Also, you can add an optional 1/4 teaspoon of Accent or MSG. I do. ~gasp~



Mix it up and bring it too a boil.

Pour yourself some more champagne and forget you are the one cooking.



Remember you are cooking when there is a big frothy cloud of cream about to overflow onto your stove.

Bring it back down to a simmer and let it stay simmering for about 5 minutes. Don't think that you have to simmer it until its thick. Don't. If its real thick at this point you'll end up with glue.



Did you notice earlier I mentioned butter? Heavy cream is not enough.

Melt down 2 tbs of butter. I know I'm cutting 4 tbs in the picture and I have no idea why.



Add 2 tbs of flour and stir it up.



This is what I call a ghetto roux. Pour the ghetto roux into your corn mixture and it will thicken up immediately.



Pull it off the heat! Taste and season if you like.

If you feel like its too thick you can thin it down with whipping cream. HA! Thin it down with heavy cream. What kind of advice is that? I'm serious though.



Sometimes I think I just like nutmeg because it smells like heaven and its fun to use the microplane. And its cool looking. Isn't it cool?

It ended up at about 1/8 of a teaspoon.

Lets take a moment to dry our tears over the broken nail my middle finger suffered. They heard that I wanted to have nice nails for the wedding and they all started jumping off my finger tips.



A few dashes of hot sauce. I prefer something with a bit of vinegar. I love hot sauce. I want a hot sauce collection. I could drink Tapatio.



See how thick and creamy? Yes, we could use more corn. But its so delicious this way.

Variation: Put the finished corn in a casserole dish and top with parmesan cheese and then broil.



We served it with Crash Hot Potatoes and porterhouse steak. I don't have any pictures of the finished meal.... sorry!



Then I baked a cherry pie. I am so good at making pie it looks exactly like Sara Lee's. EXACTLY. ~cough~ Served with homemade vanilla bean ice cream. The homemade kind that comes in the Dreyers container.