Reubens Creamed Corn Food

REUBEN'S CREAMED CORN

Steps:

• Blend together the half and half, chicken bouillon cubes, pepper and sugar in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add corn to boiling liquid.
• Return to boil, reduce heat and simmer 3 to 5 minutes.
• Melt butter in separate small pan.
• Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, until paste is formed.
• Add flour mixture to corn mixture and stir with wooden spoon to mix well. Bring to boil, stirring frequently, until thickened.
• Remove from heat.
• Sprinkle lightly with chopped parsley.

CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE REUBEN

Steps:

• For the corned beef and cabbage: Pour the stock into a large 4-gallon stockpot over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer. Add the pickling spice, garlic, bay leaves and cloves. Reduce the heat to medium, then add the beef and cabbage simmer until tender, 3 hours. Season with salt and pepper.
• Slice the corned beef into thin slices against the grain. (This should yield around 30 slices.) Slice 2 wedges of the cabbage thinly.
• Butter 1 side of the bread slices and brown on a warm griddle or large nonstick pan. Top each bread slice with 1 slice of cheese, followed by Thousand Island dressing. Add beef slices to half the bread, and the cabbage to the remaining bread slices. Continuing browning the bread for 2 to 3 minutes, and then assemble the sandwiches. Warm the assembled sandwiches in the pan or a preheated 350 degrees F oven.

CREAMED CORN

Steps:

• Add the ears of corn to a large saucepan and bring 8 cups water to a boil (or enough to cover ears of corn). Add the sugar and salt and boil until tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove corn to a utility platter and let cool.
• While the corn is boiling, add the cream to a saucepan and let reduce by 1/3 over low heat.
• While cream is reducing, cut kernels from the cobs and set aside until needed.
• Remove reduced cream from heat and whisk in butter and Parmesan, and season, to taste, with white pepper. (Add salt only if needed because the cheese will lend saltiness.) Fold in corn kernels and transfer to a family style serving dish.

CREAMY REUBEN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook and stir onion, celery, red bell pepper, butter, garlic, tarragon, and caraway seeds in a stock pot over medium heat until vegetables are tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Slowly stir flour into vegetable mixture. Cook on low until flour is lightly browned, stirring constantly, about 10 minutes.
• Stir beef stock, half-and-half, corned beef, sauerkraut, seasoned salt, and black pepper into vegetable mixture. Reduce heat to low and simmer until soup is heated through and slightly thickened, about 30 minutes.
• Stir 2 cups Swiss cheese into soup until melted. Ladle soup into individual bowls and top with rye croutons and remaining Swiss cheese.

THE REAL REUBEN

Steps:

• Place bread on baking sheet or broiling pan. Layer corned beef, sauerkraut and cheese on top of bread slices.
• Broil on high heat for 3 to 4 minutes, until cheese has melted. Serve hot with Thousand Island dressing.

CREAMED FRESH CORN

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add jalapeno, and cook for 1 minute. Add corn; cook, stirring until kernels are tender but not browned, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Transfer 1 1/2 c cooked corn to the bowl of a food processor fittel with the metal blade, and add cream and milk. Process until mixture is very smooth, about 3 minutes. Pass mixture through a fine sieve into a medium bowl, pressing down on the solids to sxtract as much liquid as possible.
• Return strained liquid to saute pan, and stir to combine with remaining corn mixture. Cook over medium heat until liquid just comes to a simmer. Remove from heat, and season with salt and pepper. Serve hot.

CREAMY REUBEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine sauerkraut, corned beef, sour cream, onion and garlic. , Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese and bread cubes; drizzle with butter. Bake, uncovered, until heated through and cheese is melted, 25-30 minutes.

LAYERED REUBEN CORNED BEEF CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Rinse and drain sauerkraut. Place in the bottom of a greased 1 1/2 quart casserole.
• Mix together dressing and mayonnaise.
• Top the sauerkraut with half the cheese, then half of the dressing, all of the corned beef, then the remaining cheese, and remaining dressing.
• Bake until it starts to bubble.
• Top with rye slices, brushed with melted butter and bake 10 minutes more.
• You could also just bake it until bubbly and spoon it onto rye or pumpernickle bread instead of the party rye, if you wanted to.