Corn And Mashed Potatoes

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 ears fresh corn on the cob or 1 (15 ounce) can corn
• 3/4 cup heavy cream or 3/4 cup half-and-half
• 4 potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 2 -8 cloves garlic, smashed
• 2 -3 ounces butter
• 2 -3 tablespoons sour cream
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup chives or 1/4 cup scallion, work too (optional)

Recipe

• 1 remove kernels from cobs and set aside (there should be about 2 or 3 cups of corn).
• 2 cook potatoes and garlic in boiling salted water until tender.
• 3 drain potatoes, reserving about a half a cup of liquid.
• 4 saute corn kernels in 1 tablespoon of butter, season with salt and pepper and cook 6-8 minutes.
• 5 set aside.
• 6 melt the remaining butter until it becomes brown lightly and begins to smell nutty.
• 7 remove the pan from the heat so it does not burn; there will be some brown whey in the bottom of the pan.
• 8 whip the potatoes with the mixer along with cream, browned butter and sour cream.
• 9 add additional potato cooking liquid as needed.
• 10 fold in corn kernals, season with salt and pepper.
• 11 mix in chives or scallions if using.