Summer Corn Pasta
A topping of toasted breadcrumbs provides a nice crunchy contrast to the creamy sauce, but let your imagination go wild with garnishes and then be prepared to get an earful of praise from your dining ...
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Friends, Rhode Islanders, Corn Lovers: Lend Me Your Ears!
A Quick, Easy and Delicious Summertime Pasta
Did you hear? It’s summer in Rhode Island, and that means one thing: Eat all the corn. Fresh sweet corn season flees so quickly that we corn lovers must grasp any kernel of opportunity that comes our way. On the cob, off the cob, steamed, grilled, or raw: We stalk every chance to enjoy summer’s a-maize-ing corn bounty.
This easy weeknight (or any night) recipe keeps the sweet corn kernels in an almost-raw state, and matches them with ears of a different sort: orecchiette pasta. Magical things happen when corn meets ginger and cream and this dish takes advantage of the combination while still placing the corn at center stage. It requires no house-heating oven and comes together quickly; the prep work can be done in the time it takes the water to boil.
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