Fry’s supermarket was practically giving corn away for free so we got some and I did something different but delicious with it. Made easy to roll pasta dough. I cooked the corn in the oven with seasoning and water. The corn got a really great flavor to it and the water had a good flavor to so I made it into sauce. You will have FOUR extra ears of corn that you have to freeze and use for something else. You also will have a small amount of leftover corn filling that would be delicious to have in an omelet the next day. I made mine into raviolo. They are larger than ravioli. You can make yours into whatever shape you want. Mine made me 7 LARGE raviolo. To me that is 7 servings. But my idea of serving size might differ from your idea of serving size. I thought one was enough per person but my husband said he’d prefer two.
Ingredients for about 7 servings (plus extra corn)
2 eggs (pasta)
3 yolks – plus save one egg white for sealing ravioli (pasta)
1 1/3 cup flour (all brands of flour are ground different so you might need more or less (pasta) + extra for dusting the dough
1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (pasta)
2 pinches sea salt (pasta)
6 ears corn peeled
4 oz salted butter – cut in half
2 Calabrian Chili Peppers – fine chopped
1-2 garlic cloves – minced (I used one clove but it was oddly large)
8 cups water
2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme – in two portions for two pans
All the liquid from cooking the corn – sauce
8 oz heavy cream – sauce
4 Tablespoons corn starch – sauce
2 ears cooked corn kernels – filling
5 oz wild mushroom brie cheese – filling
2 Tablespoons sliced scallions – filling
around 1/4 cup corn meal to rest ravioli or raviolo on
a little extra virgin olive oil to sprinkle on ravioli or raviolo so they don’t stick
finish with some fresh parsley
grated Italian cheese
Directions
Make dough. Combine two eggs and three yolks and mix well. Add olive oil and salt and mix well. Add flour..Start with one cup and add more if needed. (I usually need 1 1/3 cup but every brand of flour is ground different so the amount you need will differ). Knead the dough and when smooth wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator.
Now cook corn.
Set oven to 350 degrees f. The corn goes in two large pans (I use 1/2 buffet pans) 3 ears in one pan and three ears in the other pan. 1/2 the butter, Calabrian Chili, garlic, water, bay leaf and thyme go in each pan. Cover pans tightly with foil and place them in the middle rack of oven. Let them cook for 90 minutes. Then remove the pans from the oven. Use thongs and let the corn cool off. Throw out the bay leaves but DON’T THROW OUT THE LIQUID. Leave the liquid cool some on the counter. (It smells wonderful and all those flavors are infused into the corn)
When the corn is cool enough to handle make the filling.
Kernals get removed from the ears of corn. Mix the kernels with the cheese and scallions. Cover with plastic wrap and set in the refrigerator.
Make the sauce. Get a big cup or a bowl and mix the corn starch with a cup or two with a whisk so you don’t get lumps. The corn liquid, corn liquid mixed with corn starch and the heavy cream go in a pot on medium high heat. Mix well so you don’t get lumps. Once it bubbles turn the heat down to medium and let it reduce till you are happy with the consistency. (this takes a while) Take off heat and set to the side.
The quick and easy part is rolling the dough. Roll it out till it’s nice and thin. You will need to dust both sides with a little flour.
Cut dough however you want and paint edges of dough with egg white. Then stuff the dough with some filling. Edges of top dough also get egg white. Lay the top dough over the bottom dough and press them together and try to get the air out of center.
The stuffed pastas rest on a pan with corn meal (so they don’t stick) till you are ready to cook them (cover with plastic wrap so they don’t dry out. Gently boil for around two minutes or until it floats. Serve with sauce and a little fresh parsley and grated Italian cheese.
Enjoy!
