How to Preserve Sweet Corn
How to Preserve Sweet Corn by freezing it. It is simple but takes some time- you will need sweet corn, sugar, water and common cooking utensils and supplies- that is it! Preserve the taste of summertime sweet corn all year long!
Yield: 16 cups
Cost: 16
Equipment
- 1 cutting board
- 8 quart or pint sized freezer bags
- 1 sharp knife for cutting corn
- 1 6 quart pot
- measuring utensils
- corn prep peeler optional but handy!
Instructions
- This will make approximately 16 cups of corn to freeze. You can freeze it in increments how you please - my family freezes in 2 cup increments.
- On average, an ear of sweet corn will yield around 3/4 cups of corn. A batch is 16 cups - this would be about 2 dozen ears, but grab a few extra just in case your ears are smaller then average.
- Next shuck the corn. Do it that same day if possible. The longer the time to process the corn, the less sweet it will taste. If you cannot shuck it the day-of purchasing then do it no later than the next day.
- Once all the husks are removed it is time to pick off the silk hairs that are left over, use a clean dish towel to help get any tricky silk hairs from the ear. Running the towel along the ears helps catch some of the hairs. Don't worry about getting every single hair - it's not possible.
- Next, use a cutting board and knife (or the handy corn cutter recommended in the equipment section) to remove the kernels from the cob. You want to get as much as the kernel off of the cob as possible.
- Once all the kernels are removed from the cobs, measure 16 cups of corn and put in a large pot. Add 4 cups of water and 1/2 cup of sugar. Stir, put the lid on the pot, and heat on medium high heat.
- Once the corn is brought to a boil, turn off the heat and dump the corn into a large casserole dish to cool for about 45 minutes.
- After the corn has cooled, get your freezer bags out and start dividing the corn into the bags in your preferred amounts. Label and freeze flat.
- Ready to eat it? Just thaw and reheat on stove or microwave.
Notes
I recommend gathering your closest friends and family together and processing bulk amounts of sweet corn together - get a better deal for corn usually in bulk amounts + have a few beverages and enjoy each others company while filling each others freezer.