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>

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