Boiled corn: all the secrets of cooking

One of the most that neither is summer dishes - boiled corn. It is loved by all - children and adults, especially if it is delicious and it properly prepare. Read about it in our article.

Fragrant, juicy and delicious grilled corn on the cob is one of those dishes that everyone likes and everyone. Plus its undoubtedly in the fact that this vegetable is very useful: corn vitamins (group b, C, D, K, PP), also contain magnesium, copper, potassium, iron, phosphorus, glutamic acid and other nutrients.

Since ancient times in folk medicine corn is used to treat problems of the metabolism, gout, diseases of the kidneys and liver, and cardiovascular system. The regular consumption of this vegetable improves memory, cleanses the body from harmful substances, improves metabolism.

Depending on the region of the first ears of a young breast of corn appear on sale in July, but the whole season is in August. Only until the end of August you can buy milk, maize sold after the end of the last summer month will certainly be overripe and more rigid. It is the right choice in the first place, depends how successful will boiled corn. However, in this question, at first glance seemingly very simple and does not require any special skills and experience, and other nuances that determine what happens boiled corn.

Boiled corn: cooking, subtleties and secrets of cooking

To prepare a tasty boiled corn in the first place it is necessary to choose correctly. For cooking best young ears with a milky-white or light yellow grains, which should be slightly soft, but elastic.

In practice, the hostess cooked and the corn is bright yellow, but it is more hard and rough.

If you want to cook the corn, but do not know how looks ripe, and milk, then pay attention to the grain - if they are not rounded, have dimples, then it is already ripe corn for cooking and not very usable. Also important and appearance of leaves on the cob: they do not have to lag behind the ears, to be dry and yellow, externally, they should look completely fresh.

Do not buy the cobs without leaves - this may indicate that maize was treated with a pesticide which leaves curled and cut before selling due to unattractiveness.

So, you chose maize and ready to start her cooking, do something to pay attention?

• Try to cook together cobs are about the same size with similar sized grains, or corn cooked unevenly;
• Large ears before cooking, cut in half crosswise;
• The cleansing of the ear from the leaves is not a mandatory procedure that should always be done before cooking, because you can cook corn and together with them;
• Before boiling the corn is always better to soak for an hour in the cool clear water, then it should be well washed with running water;
• With ears should be cut off upper rotten rows of grains, if any;
• Put the corn should be in already boiling water, which should not be salted earlier than 10-15 minutes before end of cooking corn;
• How to cook by the time the corn depends on the degree of its maturity: young enough and 20-30 minutes, but for Mature may take 2-3 hours.

To determine whether the corn, you can try one of the kernels.

Cook the corn in a saucepan of boiling water, or in a double boiler and even microwave ovens can bake the corn in the oven - cooking favorite vegetable snacks a lot, and we will tell you about each of them.

Recipe of boiled corn (breast) in a saucepan

You will need: corn on the cob with leaves, butter, salt.

How to cook corn. Young ears clean, rinse, put it in a pot of boiling water (3l), bring to a boil over high heat, once the cobs will emerge to cook corn, reduce the heat to medium, another 5-10min. Ready corn to get out of the water, sprinkle with melted butter and sprinkle with salt.

Digest young corn should not - because of this, it becomes hard.

Recipe of boiled corn (Mature) in a saucepan

You will need: 3l water, corn, butter, salt.

How to cook boiled corn. Soak the corn, clearing the ears (do not discard the leaves), in cold water for an hour, then rinse. Put it in a pot of boiling water half leaf, bring to a boil, put the cobs, again bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to moderate, cover the pan with a lid, boil the cobs 40-50 minutes, then salt, put the remaining leaves and cook for another 15-20 minutes just to get ready corn, dry, drizzle with oil and salt.

Boiled corn should always serve immediately.

Recipe of boiled corn steamer

You will need: corn on the cob, butter, walnuts, ground cardamom, salt.

How to cook corn in a double boiler. Clearing, put the corn in a container steamers, greased with butter and cook for 30-40 minutes until tender. In skillet separately melt 15g butter, mix with 50g of crushed walnuts, cardamom, remove from the stove. Ready ears to put on a dish and pour over peanut butter, apply salt separately.

Cook in a double boiler can and purified and unpurified from the leaves of corn, the second option for cooking will take longer.

Recipe corn in the microwave

You will need: corn, water, melted butter, salt.

How to cook corn in the microwave. Ears, not cleaning for an hour to soak in water, then put in a plastic bag and pour 2 tbsp. of water, tightly tie the package, to make it a couple of holes through them to steam. Bake corn 10-15 minutes at full power. When the corn is ready, clean her coat with melted butter and salt.

The recipe is roasting the corn in the oven

You will need: corn, vegetable oil, water, butter, salt.

How to roast corn in the oven. Without peeling, put on a greased baking sheet corn, pour the water so that she was half covered ears, cover the corn tightly with foil, bake in a preheated 200 degree oven 40-120 minutes (baking time depends on the degree of maturity of corn, when the corn is ready, remove any leaves, drizzle with butter, salt.

Cook corn convenient way for you and cheer home such a wonderful summer dish!