Corn Custard With Chorizo And Mushrooms Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S CREAMY CORN CUSTARD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter six 6-ounce glass or ceramic ramekins. Set ramekins into a 2-inch deep baking dish.
• Place corn into a large saucepan and stir in cream, salt, and cayenne pepper. Bring to a simmer and remove from heat; stir in milk.
• Transfer corn mixture to a blender and pulse several times to get the mixture moving. Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy.
• Whisk egg yolks with eggs until smooth in a mixing bowl. Slowly whisk about 1/4 cup hot corn mixture into eggs until the corn mixture is incorporated. Repeat several times more until all the corn mixture is combined with eggs.
• Divide corn mixture equally into the 6 ramekins. Pour hot tap water into the baking dish to come about halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake in the preheated oven until custards are just set, 30 to 35 minutes. Let custards cool for about 10 minutes before serving in ramekins or unmolding onto serving plates. To unmold, insert a knife between the custard and the ramekin, go around the edge with knife to loosen, and turn over onto a plate to unmold.

CREAMY CORN CUSTARD

Steps:

• Place cream, sugar and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugars are dissolved. Cut corn from cobs; add corn to saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 10 minutes. Transfer corn mixture to a blender; cover and process until pureed. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a small bowl; set aside., In a large saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand 1 minute. Heat and stir over low heat until gelatin is completely dissolved. Stir in milk and strained corn mixture. Pour into eight 4-oz. ramekins or custard cups. Refrigerate, covered, until set, 5 hours or overnight., In a small bowl, combine berries, lemon zest and juice. Sprinkle custards with raw sugar; top with berries and mint.

CORN WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Melt butter in sauce pan.
• Add mushrooms and cook uncovered over medium heat stirring occasionally until tender.
• Add remaining ingredients, stirring occasionally until tender about 5 to 7 minutes.

CORN CUSTARD WITH HERBED MUSHROOMS (MICROWAVE)

Steps:

• split 1 tbsp of butter between four 5 or 6 ounce custard cups and butter insides well.
• use breadcrumbs to coat insides of all four dishes completely.
• with a serrated knife, cut the corn kernels off of the cobs and place into a 2 cup glass measuring cup (there should be about 1 cup of corn).
• add 1 tbsp of butter, cover with wax paper and cook in microwave on high for 2-3 minutes or until butter is just melted.
• in large bowl combine eggs and cornstarch with whisk until smooth.
• add half and half, sugar, salt, cayenne, pepper, cheese,1 tbsp chives and the corn butter mixture.
• stir untill combined.
• divide in custard bowls.
• place bowls 1 inch apart in microwave.
• cook, uncovered on medium for 10 to 14 minutes or until custards are firm and a knife inserted close to the center comes out clean (rearrange cups if needed after 5 minutes).
• let stand for 5 minutes.
• meanwhile place ramaining 2 tbsp of butter, chives, mushrooms, parsley, and lemon juice in a 2 qt microwaveable casserole dish and cook, uncovered on high for 2-4 minutes, stirring after one minute.
• to serve run a thin knife around the edge of each cup, turn out onto four small plates and spoon mushroom mixture around each.