Spaghetti with Creamy Corn and Ham

Name: Spaghetti with Creamy Corn and Ham
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter, cut into pieces; 4 larges ears corn, husks and silk removed; 3 Tbsps chopped flat-leaf parsley; 0 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 177 milliliters heavy cream; 1 teaspoons salt; 113 grams sliced, smoked ham, cut into thin strips; 340 grams spaghetti

Spaghetti with Creamy Corn and Ham might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 20g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 627 calories. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. If you have salt, ears corn, spaghetti, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the ears of corn until just done, about 3 minutes.

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Corn On The Cob

Water

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Pot

Remove the corn from the pot and save the hot water to cook the spaghetti. When the ears of corn are cool enough to handle, cut the kernels off the cob. You should have about 3 cups of kernels.

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Corn On The Cob

Spaghetti

Water

Corn

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Pot

Put the corn in a food processor with the cream, parsley, salt, and pepper. Pulse three or four times to chop the corn to a coarse puree.

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Parsley

Pepper

Cream

Corn

Salt

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Return the water to a boil.

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Water

Add the spaghetti and cook until just done, about 12 minutes. Reserve about 3/4 cup of the pasta water.

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Water

Spaghetti

Drain the spaghetti and toss with 1/3 cup of the reserved pasta water, the corn mixture, the ham, and the butter. If the sauce seems too thick, add more of the reserved pasta water.

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Water

Spaghetti

Butter

Sauce

Corn

Ham

Test-Kitchen Tip: To cut the kernels from an ear of corn, break the ear in half with your hands, or cut it with a knife. Stand each half on end on a cutting board and, using a large knife, cut straight down the sides to remove the kernels. It's easier to cut the kernels off cooked corn than raw because the juice splatters less.

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Corn On The Cob

Juice

Corn

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Cutting Board

Knife

Wine Recommendation: For this all-American dish, you might want to try an American white wine from a lesser known, East Coast region. Look for a fairly acidic chardonnay or sauvignon blanc from Virginia, the Finger Lakes region of New York, or even Rhode Island.

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