Better Than Grannie's Creamed Corn

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Ear Apparent

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (70)

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Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
--
Yield:
3 cups

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 20 min

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Ingredients

1/2 onion, diced
1 tablespoon butter
2 pinches kosher salt
8 ears fresh corn
1 sprig fresh rosemary, bruised
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
1 cup heavy cream
Fresh ground black pepper

Directions

In a saucepan over medium heat, sweat the onion in butter and salt until translucent.

In a large mixing bowl, place a paper bowl in the middle of the bowl. Resting the cob on the bowl in a vertical position remove only the tops of the kernel with a knife, using long smooth downward strokes and rotating the cob as you go. After the cob has been stripped, use the dull backside of your knife to scrape any remaining pulp and milk off the cob.

Add the corn and pulp mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium high until the juice from the corn has tightened. Add the rosemary. Sprinkle the corn with the sugar and turmeric. Stir constantly for about 2 minutes. Sprinkle the cornmeal onto the corn, using a whisk to combine well. Add the heavy cream and cook until the corn has softened, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the rosemary. Season with freshly ground black pepper.

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recipe Better Than Grannie's Creamed Corn
Mary San Marcos, TX 01-08-2010
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delicious and super easy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

very easy to do, one word of warning, i would cover nearby surfaces with paper towels when you are cutting the kernels off... the corn, lots of splash damage. i didn't add the turmeric because he says in the episode its just for color and is optional. best cream corn i ever had!Read more
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JOHN Raleigh, NC 12-31-2009
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I can't stop.....
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Eating this dish, my company is not going to be here for another 30 minutes and I am afraid I won't have any left. :-) I... don't know if it is the corn meal, the sugar, the hint of rosemary but it is sooo good. Read more
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Carole Holt, MI 12-24-2009
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Super Creamed Corn
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

First of all, it takes mere minutes to thow this together which is great. I cook it the day before my dinner and let all of... the flavors marry in the fridge. I followed the suggestion to use frozen corn which worked out great. Didn't use the turmeric and replaced corn meal with Jiffy cornbread mix because it is way cheaper. I used my potato masher to mash the corn a little as it was cooking...it gave me that pulpy texture and the milk of the corn came out a bit. Then I sprinkled in parmasean cheese at the end...yum!Read more
recipe Better Than Grannie's Creamed Corn
Cydney Redmond, WA 11-08-2009
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Yummm
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Like a few other people i too used frozen corn. No sugar or tumeric (cause sorry, but tumeric is NOT flavorless to me)... though. Thought this was the best invention ever. My brother loved it too (he's really picky). However i did run it through a blender for a few secs at the end to make it even more creamy. (My sis doesn't texture) But other then that it was huge hit.Read more
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Kyle Apex, NC 10-16-2009
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Fantastic! Another hit from Alton
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Tried this for the first time today and the results were incredible! Using the corn meal as a thickener was a stroke of... genius, and the rosemary really accentuates the flavor of the corn. Great recipe!Read more
recipe Better Than Grannie's Creamed Corn
julie ann arbor, MI 09-21-2009
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Great use for seconds!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

We bought some smaller/not as filled out ears of corn - as we arrived to the Farmers Market late. This was a PERFECT use of... them! Positively delicious recipe, and the only thing I added was a touch of jalapeno powder (from Penzey's) and it deepens the flavour considerably. VERY GOOD! Read more