Feta Creamed Corn Food

GRILLED CORN WITH FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
• Rub the corn with olive oil and season with seasoning salt, to taste. Grill the corn until it's charred, on all sides, rotating for about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix the mayonnaise, chili powder, cayenne, lime juice and salt and pepper, to taste, together in a small bowl. Remove the corn from the grill and brush the hot corn with the mayonnaise mixture. Arrange on a platter and sprinkle with the feta cheese. Serve with lime wedges on the side.

SHRIMP WITH CREAMED CORN AND FETA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss shrimp with salt and garlic and let rest in the refrigerator until needed (up to 2 hours).
• In a medium saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon butter with the cream over medium heat. Add corn, cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, stirring once or twice, until the corn is very soft, 10 to 15 minutes. If all the moisture evaporates before the corn is soft, add a few teaspoons water to the pan.
• Using an immersion blender or regular blender, blend corn mixture until you get a chunky purée. Mix in feta, black pepper and salt to taste. Cover and keep warm until needed.
• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and pepper and sauté until pale golden and soft, 7 minutes. Add tomatoes, a large pinch of salt, and a tablespoon or two of water if the pan looks dry, and sauté until the tomatoes break down and turn saucelike, about 8 minutes.
• Add shrimp, lemon juice and Worcestershire and hot sauces. Sauté until the shrimp are pink and cooked through, 2 to 4 minutes. Stir remaining butter into pan and add more salt, if needed.
• Serve corn topped with shrimp and plenty of crumbled feta. Garnish with cilantro and basil.

CHEESY CREAMED CORN WITH CILANTRO

Steps:

• Heat butter in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then cook scallions, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add corn and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.
• Stir together cream and cornstarch in a small bowl until thoroughly combined, then add to corn and simmer, stirring, until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Transfer 1 1/2 cups corn mixture to a blender with garlic and purée until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Return to skillet and cook, stirring constantly, until just heated through.
• Transfer corn to a large shallow serving bowl and sprinkle cheese and cilantro over top.

CREAMED SPINACH WITH FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• 1)In a sauce pan, whisk half and half, milk, flour, salt, pepper, and nutmeg until smooth.
• 2)Stirring constantly, heat over medium heat until it simmers, then reduce heat.
• 3)Add cream cheese and continue stirring (whisking) until thick and smooth, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• 4)Remove from heat and stir in feta cheese. Set aside.
• 5)Heat oil over medium high heat in a large pan and sauté onions for 5 minutes then add garlic and continue cooking for 1 minute.
• 6)Add spinach and water to pan, bring to a simmer, then reduce heat and cover pan.
• 7)Cook, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes.
• 8)Drain well.
• 9)Stir prepared sauce into pan, stir until completely blended.
• 10)Pour into greased casserole dish, top with parmesan cheese, and bake at 375 degrees for 4 to 6 minutes.

MEXICAN CREAMED CORN

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium and cook jalapeno and shallot, stirring, until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add corn kernels and pulp and 1 cup water. Cook, stirring, until corn is tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in yogurt, and season with salt and pepper. Top with feta and cilantro.

SAVORY CREAMED CORN

Steps:

• Melt butter in large nonstick skillet on medium heat. Add corn; cook 6 min., stirring frequently.
• Stir in sour cream; cook and stir 3 min. or until heated through.
• Remove from heat; stir in cheese and basil.

GREEK CORN WITH FETA

Steps:

• Grill the corn: Remove the husks and brush the corn with vegetable oil; season with salt and pepper. Grill over medium-high heat, turning, until lightly charred, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Make the topping: Mix 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt with 1/4 cup mayonnaise, the juice of 1 lemon, 1 grated garlic clove, 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Spread the mixture on 4 grilled ears of corn; sprinkle with crumbled feta, Aleppo pepper and dried mint.

FRESH CREAMED CORN

Steps:

• Carefully cut kernels from ears of sweet corn. Using the back of a knife, scrape the cob to extract the milk. Divide corn in two and three cup measurements.
• Puree two cups corn in a food processor or blender with 1/2 a cup of half and half.
• Melt butter in a nonstick saute pan (no smaller than 12") over medium high heat.
• Add remaining corn kernels, pureed corn mixture, cream, remaining half and half, cayenne and salt to taste. Simmer until thickened, stirring often, about twenty minutes.

FETA CUMIN CORN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Into a large bowl sift together the cornmeal, the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, the salt, and the cumin, add the Feta and the scallion, and toss the mixture well. In a bowl whisk together the eggs, the milk, the sugar, and the oil, add the milk mixture to the cormeal mixture, and stir the batter until it is just combined. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan, 9 by 5 by 3 inches, and bake the corn bread in the middle of the oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Let the corn bread cool in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes and run a thin knife around the edges of the pan. Turn the corn bread out onto the rack and let it cool completely. The corn bread may be made 2 days in advance and kept wrapped tightly in foil and chilled.

FETA CREAMED CORN

Steps:

• heat skillet on stovetop.
• add olive oil, onions, garlic, cook until softened.
• add corn and rosemary and stir.
• add stock and simmer until corn is tender, 5 minutes.
• add heavy cream, bring to a boil and cook until reduced by 1/3.
• remove from heat.
• stir in feta and butter until creamy.
• season with fresh ground pepper, serve.