Barbecued corn with miso butter
- Serves:
- 4
One of summer’s great pleasures is eating sweet, fresh corn. That pleasure can be intensified threefold by the transformative powers of the barbecue, which teases out every last milligram of natural sugar locked inside those kernels. Remember: just like meat or fish, fresh corn can be overcooked, changing from sweet and juicy to dry and chewy in a flash. You can cut the risk substantially by allowing the corn to steam inside its husk first. Then peel it and return it to the barbecue for a brief hit of char.
1/4 cup butter, softened at room temperature
1/4 cup white miso
Ingredients
4 ears corn1/4 cup butter, softened at room temperature
1/4 cup white miso
Method
1 Peel the husks back, but make sure they remain attached to the bases of the cobs. Remove the silk inside. Re-cover the corn with the husks and soak them in cold water for five minutes before cooking.
2 Make the miso butter: mix together the butter and miso until they form a uniform spread. Set aside.
3 Preheat the barbecue on medium. Barbecue the corn for 10 minutes, rotating the ears a quarter turn every few minutes (the corn will steam in the husk). Then peel back the husks and place the corn back on the barbecue. Cook, turning the cobs occasionally, until the kernels are nicely browned in spots; about five minutes total. Transfer the corn to a platter and slather each cob with the miso butter before serving.Notes
800kJ per serve
