Currently cooking from Tasty by Roy Finamore
So far, this is my favorite recipe from Tasty. It was quick and delicious and takes advantage of all the wonderful summer produce that’s available.
You start out by cutting the kernels off of three ears of corn and sauteing them in some butter. Once the corn is cooked, you add diced, fresh tomatoes and cream and cook until the cream is reduced by half. To this sauce, you add cooked fettuccine and some fresh basil and parmesan. Easy and satisfying.
Well, mostly satisfying. You see, both Bryan and I wanted some sort of protein with it and we wanted to cut down on the amount of cream. So a couple of days later, I took another stab at this recipe, modifying it a bit.
In my version, the dish starts off by browning small chunks of chicken (I used one breast that I cut into 1/2″ pieces). Once the chicken was browned, I moved it to a plate and added some diced onion to the pan. I sauteed the onion until it was soft and then added the corn, which I cooked for about 6 minutes. I deglazed the pan with chicken broth (about 1/2 of a can) and a splash of white wine and reduced the liquid by about half. Finally, I stirred in about 2 tablespoons of cream to finish off the sauce.
My version was much less rich than the original, but it was full of flavor and satisfying, and, I hope, a little better for us since I plan to make this dish for as long as I can get good corn and tomatoes.
Yummy! This looks so good. I think I like your version better. Sometimes, too much is just too much. I liked that it didn’t have any yucky celery in it. LOL A good use for garden produce!
Papa always planted me corn every year since it was the favorite thing in the garden and I would wait all summer for fresh corn. I wasn’t brave enough this year to try it so next year I am going to have to try and grow my own. I think this dish looks delicious, I am definitely going to have to cook fresh stuff more. I found costco tho so now I have more broccoli than I can possibly eat.