Chef John’s Creamy Corn Custard

Name: Chef John’s Creamy Corn Custard
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 pinch cayenne pepper; 473 milliliters corn; 3 egg yolks; 2 eggs; 355 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 118 milliliters cold milk; 1 teaspoons salt

Chef John’s Creamy Corn Custard is a gluten free and vegetarian recipe with 6 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 7g of protein, 27g of fat, and a total of 317 calories. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up cayenne pepper, corn, egg yolks, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour.

Instructions

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.

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Butter

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Baking Pan

Ramekin

Oven

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.

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Cayenne Pepper

Cream

Corn

Milk

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Transfer corn mixture to a blender and pulse several times to get the mixture moving. Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy.

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Corn

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Blender

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.

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Egg Yolk

Corn

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Whisk

Divide corn mixture equally into the 6 ramekins.

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Corn

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Ramekin

Pour hot tap water into the baking dish to come about halfway up the sides of the ramekins.

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Water

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Ramekin

Bake in the preheated oven until custards are just set, 30 to 35 minutes.

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Oven

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.

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Custard