Corn with Pasilla Butter
- 8 sweet corn cobs, husks on
- 10 dried pasilla chile peppers
- 1 pound salted softened butter
- Soak the corn cobs in water, so the husks don't burn when you grill them.
- Minimum 1 hour but overnight is fine.
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
- To make the butter, put the pasilla chile peppers on a baking sheet and bake them until very brittle, about 15 minutes.
- When they are done, remove and cool them.
- Remove the seeds and crumble the chiles into a food processor.
- Add the butter and process until combined.
- Lay out a sheet of plastic wrap on top of a sheet of foil.
- Turn the butter out onto the wrap and roll it into a cylinder.
- First wrap the plastic wrap around the cylinder and then secure the foil around it.
- Twist the ends, gradually applying more pressure as you twist, in order to make the cylinder taught.
- Alternatively, pile the butter into ramekins and cover with plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate it until firm.
- Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.
- Remove the corn from the water and shake or pat them dry.
- Grill the corn on the cob for 10 minutes, turning it every couple of minutes.
- Remove the corn cobs from the grill and pull the husks back on each one.
- Lay slices of the chilled pasilla butter on and let it melt.
- The corn will have beautiful flecks of chile.
- Or serve the ramekins on the dinner table for everyone to help themselves.
corn cobs, peppers, butter
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/corn-with-pasilla-butter-recipe.html (may not work)