Name: Easy Corn on the Cob
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 4 cobs Sweetcorn; 1 tbsp Sugar; 1 Lemon (juiced)

four sweetcorn cobettes on a white serving plate

Easy Corn on the Cob

Time: 15

Servings: 4

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If you are looking for a really easy corn on the cob recipe then you cannot get any easier than this one.

Bring a pan of water large enough to hold the cobs to the boil, add the lemon juice and sugar, carefully add the cobs to the pan, put on the lid, turn off the heat and leave for 10 minutes.

It really is that simple.

Just Picked is Fantastic

Sweetcorn starts to reduce in sweetness from the moment it is picked so to get the maximum flavour it needs to be cooked within a couple of hours of harvesting.

I grow sweetcorn on my allotment so I am lucky enough to be able to pick some cobs and cook them before they start to lose their sweetness.

Two just picked corn cobs a wooden worktop with outer leaves removed — Freshly picked sweetcorn from my allotment

Produce From The Allotment

view along the boundary of our allotment

This recipe is one from my allotment produce collection. I try and grow as many of my favourite vegetables as possible. Fresh veg is packed full of goodness and just tastes better than shop-bought produce. Pick some sweetcorn or green beans for example and cook them within an hour or two, they taste amazing, sweet and crunchy. You can’t beat it.

I have collected together recipes which I think will bring out the best of my homegrown salad, fruit and vegetables. Just remember to wash and prepare your produce thoroughly before cooking and/or eating it. As the old saying goes “there is only one thing worse than finding a maggot in an apple and that is finding half a maggot”.