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Sautéed Corn Four Ways

Name: Sautéed Corn Four Ways
Total time: 27 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tbsp unsalted butter; 4 ears sweet corn, kernels cut off (about 375 g of kernels, 2 1/2 cups), cobs scraped for their milk; 1 bunch scallions, trimmed, including 1 cm of the green tops, thinly sliced on a bias; used in the plain version only; kosher salt, a big pinch to start, to taste; freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 60 ml heavy cream or crème fraîche, 1/4 cup; 25 g grated cheese such as Fontina, cheddar, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Monterey Jack or Gouda, freshly grated, about 1/4 cup; 55 g pancetta, 2 oz, cut into small dice or lardons and browned until lightly crisp; 20 g arugula, 1 handful, washed and dried; hot sauce such as Sriracha, a few dashes, to taste; 1 large fresh green chile, or a few small ones; seeded, ribs removed, sliced into rings; 5 radishes, trimmed, scrubbed and cut into small chunks or wedges; 35 g pine nuts, lightly toasted, about 1/4 cup; 1 large lime wedge

Fresh kernels tossed briefly in butter over high heat so they stay sweet and snappy, served plain with scallions or finished three other ways: cream and cheese, pancetta with arugula, or chiles with radishes and pine nuts.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on27 min
Total27 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Basic

1 tbspunsalted butter
4ears sweet corn, kernels cut off (about 375 g of kernels, 2 1/2 cups), cobs scraped for their milk
1 bunchscallions, trimmed, including 1 cm of the green tops, thinly sliced on a bias; used in the plain version only
to tastekosher salt, a big pinch to start
to tastefreshly ground black pepper

Cream and melting cheese

60 mlheavy cream or crème fraîche, 1/4 cupoptional
25 ggrated cheese such as Fontina, cheddar, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Monterey Jack or Gouda, freshly grated, about 1/4 cupoptional

Pancetta, arugula and hot sauce

55 gpancetta, 2 oz, cut into small dice or lardons and browned until lightly crispoptional
20 garugula, 1 handful, washed and driedoptional
to tastehot sauce such as Sriracha, a few dashesoptional

Chiles, radishes and pine nuts

1large fresh green chile, or a few small ones; seeded, ribs removed, sliced into ringsoptional
5radishes, trimmed, scrubbed and cut into small chunks or wedgesoptional
35 gpine nuts, lightly toasted, about 1/4 cupoptional
1large lime wedgeoptional

Contains

Dairy
Tree nuts
Pine nut
Corn (maize)
Citrus fruits (any)
Lime
Nightshades (any)
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Garlic
Scallion (green onion)
Cabbage family (any)
Radish
Arugula
Black and white pepper
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Pork
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Tyramine
Chili heat (capsaicin)
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat

Texture

Crunchy

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Summer

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
Under 30 min total
Difficulty 1
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: low
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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