Eastern Shore Succotash

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Eastern Shore Succotash

Servings: 4
Course: Side Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ears corn as fresh as possible
  • 1 cup baby lima beans
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • fresh ground salt and black pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. Put the beans in a saucepan and add water just to cover. Add salt to the water. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer until the beans are barely tender, about 12 - 18 minutes.
  2. Shuck the corn. Scrape the kernels of the corn. Add the corn to the beans and simmer for ten more minutes.
  3. Remove from the heat, season with butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper.