Grilled fresh corn in the husk with basil butter - hb
8 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Ears fresh corn with husks | |
| 8 | tablespoons | Butter, softened |
| ¼ | cup | Finely chopped fresh basil or 1 T dried |
| Salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste | ||
| Lemon juice, opt. | ||
Directions
Soak corn in husks in cool water for 30 minutes. Remove and drain.
Peel husks away from corn about halfway, and remove the silk.
In a small bowl combine the butter, basil, salt, and pepper to taste.
Rub one T of butter mixture onto each ear of corn. Fold back the husks and wrap each corn in foil.
Place the wrapped corn on a preheated grill with the cover down.
Grill 10 minutes and rotate corn by a third. Grill corn 20 more minutes, rotating corn 2 more times. Remove from grill, remove foil, and serve with additional butter and lemon juice if desired. Serves 8.
House Beautiful/Sept/94 Scanned & fixed by Di Pahl & <gg>