Nothing says summer like crisp ears of sweet corn. We love the bi-color sweet corn because it is sweeter than the white. Sweet corn is very easy to preserve for winter. It just takes a little time to do it.
You will find many more preserving recipes in the spiral bound 600+ page Around the Family Table Cookbook and the sourdough recipes in the hard cover, spiral bound It’s all About Sourdough. All recipes are sugar-free and label with the correct fuel. Books can be purchased using this link. We have now added additional items to our store… Sourdough Starter Kits and more. Buy It Now.
Since my garden is not big enough for a corn patch, I purchased my corn from a farmer’s market. Today I had 15 dozen of seconds to preserve. A few had spots on that needed to be removed.
I do corn outside in my garage or porch so that I can wash everything down better. Corn tends to splatter when you cut it off of the cob.
The corn needs to be husked and the ends trimmed if they are too long and the tops trimmed if needed. These ears of corn are full of kernals and look so good.
You can either brush the corn silk off with a brush or….I put the ears in a dishpan of water. I used a Norwex cloth to rub the silk off each ear. I changed the water whenever it is full of silk. There are also electric corn silkers that you can buy that are very easy to use. These are very handy when you are doing huge amounts of corn. In some communities they have purchase one of these to so that everyone can use it.
I picked a few of the nicest ears out to freeze whole. These I did not blanch but vacumn sealed them raw. I put four ears into a bag, added 1 tablespoon butter, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. I vacumned sealed each bag. These will be cooked in the bag when I want to use them. I only did a few bags which I will use within the next few months.
There are two ways to blanch corn for the freezer. The dishpan below I cut the raw corn off of the cob. Yes, I do know that knife is a bread knife but I love it to cut corn off of the cob. I did not scrape the cob…just cut deep enough not to cut into the cob.
I used a six-quart kettle to blanch the corn. To each 5 quarts of corn add 1 cup water, 2 tablespoons butter, and 2 teaspoon salt. Cook the corn, stirring continuously until the kernals have changed colors.
Pour the cooked corn into a large baking pans with sides. Spread it out to cool. I use a fan to cool the corn quickly.
When the corn is totally cooled, fill your freezer boxes or freezer bags. Since this corn was cut before cooking…each kernal was be separated and be similar to bought canned corn.
The other way to cook/cut corn is to cook the ears of corn before you cut the corn kernals off of the cob. Bring the water to a boil and add the corn. Boil until the corn kernals have changed colors. Remove the ears of corn from the kettle.
The next step…I forgot to get a picture of it. I filled a grey tub half full of water and added a bag of ice. When the ears of corn were cooked I put them in the ice water to chill. When they were totally chilled I stacked them in another tub. I cut just the tips of these kernals off and then scraped the cob to have a creamier corn.
This corn does not have as large kernals pieces as the previous method. This corn was frozen also frozen in freezer boxes.
Blanched and frozen sweet corn will keep in a freezer for up to a year. I have had some in my freezer for two years and it was till good.
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I have 3 sizes of these freezer boxes. They are very durable and last a long time. I have had mine for many years. The lids is the same for all three sizes. These were designed by an Old Order Mennonite lady years ago and hold up much better than other brands.
This corn silk brush works very well.
I was gifted a Wusthof Knife years ago. I loved it. I recieved this Wusthof Bread knife a few years ago from my hubby for Christmas. It cuts crusty loaves of sourdough bread perfectly and I love using it for corn.
You can use this Corn Cutter to make creamed corn.
For many years I used a Camp Chef Outdoor Camp Stove to cook corn for freezing. This stove did a wonderful job when you have a large amount of corn to do.
The Turkey Fryer Kettles work very well when you are cooking a large amount of corn. The inside basket allows the corn to be lifted out of the kettle all at once.
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You will find many more preserving recipes in the spiral bound 600+ page Around the Family Table Cookbook and the sourdough recipes in the hard cover, spiral bound It’s all About Sourdough. All recipes are sugar-free and label with the correct fuel. Books can be purchased using this link. We have now added additional items to our store… Sourdough Starter Kits and more. Buy It Now.
