Creamy
Succotash
2
cups fresh shelled lima beans
1/4 tsp dried rosemary
2 cups fresh corn cut from cob
4 tbs butter
3 tsp chopped parsley
1 can chicken consommé (do not
dilute)
2 tbs flour
1 cup whipping cream
Shell the beans from pod like peas.
(Approx. 2 lbs of limas in pods equals
2 - 2 1/2 cups.) Place beans in a
small amount of boiling salted water
with the rosemary and boil covered
about 20 - 30 minutes until tender.
Now,
strip fresh corn from cob. Just as the
beans are done, quick fry the corn in
2 tbs of butter (2 minutes but never
longer than 5 minutes). Add the
remaining butter and the cooked, hot
beans. Stir in parsley. Heat
consommé just to melt it if it has
become jellied in the can. In
a bowl, add the consommé to the flour
and mix until smooth. Pour this into
the bean mixture, and stir over low
heat until it thickens slightly and
the raw taste of flour is gone. Add
the cream. Heat
to boiling, serve hot with more
parsley sprinkled on it.
Serves: 8-10.