I had milk, cheese, corn, and corn pasta to use up so this is what I came up with for today. It’s easy to prepare and comes out delicious! Serving size is always hard to judge. For me this made 10 servings. I’ll suggest 8 servings because some people will like bigger servings than me.

Ingredients for around 8 servings

1 lb roasted corn kernels

15oz pasta (I used a 12oz package of corn/rice fusilli + 3oz package of instant ramen noodles (don’t use the seasoning mix here).

2 Anaheim roasted chilis – peeled, core, stems, seeds removed and chopped fine

1/4 cup scallions – sliced thin

1 + 1/2 cups milk

optional – 1/4 cup salsa (preferably home made scooped up with a strainer to pick up mostly solids)

3 eggs – lightly beaten

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

6 oz fontina cheese – grated

6 oz sharp white cheddar cheese – grated

1 cup parmesan cheese – grated

1 lemon zest (just the grated zest)

around 3 Tablespoons butter (room temperature) to grease springform pan

Directions preheat the oven to 425 degrees F

Put a salted pot of water on to boil. Cook pasta till it’s a still a little hard…(my pasta said 14 minutes and I cooked it 9 or 10 minutes and threw in the unseasoned ramen noodles one minute before) Take off the heat and drain.

In a medium bowl blend together the milk, corn, chili, black pepper, and eggs. Set to the side.

In a large bowl add all the cheeses (parm, fontina, cheddar. Mix well and remove around 3/4 cup for reserving to top the pasta cake. Add (if using salsa), pasta(s), blended egg mixture, and mix well.

Grease up your springform pan. Get a lined sheet pan to place under the springform pan because they usually leak.

Place in middle rack area for around 35 minutes. (around at 30 minutes I lightly covered with foil to brown less).

It needs to cool off for at least an hour or two and then you can open it up. I used a rubber thin spatula to make sure that it didn’t stick to the pan when I opened it up.

I was able to cut mine luke warm. Would be easiest to let cool over night in the refrigerator and re-heat.

Enjoy!