Slow Roasted Corn with Blue Cheese Compound Butter
- 20 ears fresh corn, silks removed but husks intact
- Point Reyes Original Blue Cheese Compound Butter, recipe follows
- Heat a grill for indirect cooking.
- Soak corn in water for 5 minutes.
- This will prevent husks from burning, and will allow for slow roasting of grilled corn.
- Place corn near indirect medium heat of grill.
- Place cover on grill and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Remove cover and rotate corn.
- Cook for another 5 minutes or until cooked to your liking.
- If you want to caramelize the corn kernels, peel back the corn husk and place husk back on grill and cook until corn kernels are a golden brown color.
- Point Reyes Original Blue Cheese Compound Butter:3/4-pound unsalted butter at room temperature2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, finely mincedPinch gray sea salt1/2 pound Point Reyes Original or other good quality Blue Cheese, crumbled In a mixing bowl, mix the butter, mustard, thyme, salt, and blue cheese.
- Gently blend with a wooden spoon until all is incorporated.
- Taste for seasoning and add salt if desired.
- With a rubber spatula, form the butter into 2 (9-inch) logs along the bottom edge of 2 pieces of aluminum foil.
- The logs should be about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Roll the logs up in the foil and carefully twist the ends of the foil so that the butter forms a 1 1/2-inch diameter tube.
- These can be kept in the freezer.
- If serving the same day, keep in the refrigerator at least 4 hours so the butter can harden for ease of serving.
- From the logs cut a 1/2-inch slice per portion of corn, steak, hamburger, etc.
- Remove the foil then place on hot corn, steaks, and chops from the oven or grill.
- Yield: enough for 20 portions
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/slow-roasted-corn-with-blue-cheese-compound-butter-recipe.html (may not work)