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Corn has been making more appearances on the table lately and I’m loving it. This recipe is great if you happened to make too much corn and have leftovers. These little corn bites are full of flavor and just the right size to pop in your mouth without a thought.

Simply make a batter with smashed corn kernels, eggs, flour and spices. The batter will be slightly runny.
Now, I had some problems with the baking of these little puppies. The recipe says to bake them in a water bath for 10 minutes. Well after 15 minutes in my oven they still weren’t cooked, so I took them out of the bath and put them back in the oven for another 15 minutes of regular baking. That did the trick.

After much longer than I anticipated, my little corn bites came out of the oven nice and golden with little flecks of green and nice browning around the edges. They’re flavor is full of freshness, the thyme works well with the sweet corn. The texture is a little different than I expected it to be, but not in a bad way. They are almost like little quiche bites, more eggy than muffin. They’d be perfect at a barbeque, or perhaps the day after a barbeque… using up the leftovers.

fresh corn bites with thyme
adapted from simply organic

2 cups cooked corn kernals (2-3 medium ears of corn)
2 large eggs, beaten
3 Tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons fresh thyme
3/4 teaspoons sweet paprika
1/8 scan teaspoon nutmeg
salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 cup heavy cream

preheat oven to 375°

1
Lightly oil 18 mini muffin cups
2
Put the corn in a medium bowl and mash to bring out the juices and pulp. Or you can use a food processor.
3
Stir the eggs, flour, thyme, paprika and nutmeg and season generously with salt and pepper.
4
Whisk in the heavy cream and continue whisking until well blended.
5*
Place the muffin pan in a jelly roll pan and place in the oven. Pour about 1 1/2 cups water into the jelly roll pan. Bake the muffins for about 10 minutes or until they are puffed and rounded and a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

*This did not work with my muffins. I think you could just put the muffin tin in the oven without the jelly roll pan and get a delicious result, just watch closely.