Name: Corn with Compound Butter
Ingredients: 1/2 stick butter (unsalted and softened); 1/4 tsp seasoned salt; 1 tsp chopped chives (fresh or dried); 1 tsp your choice of basil, thyme, cilantro, sage; 1/4 tsp garlic powder; 1/4 tsp Parmesan (optional); 1/2 stick butter (unsalted and softened); 1 tsp brown sugar or honey (local honey is available at the market); 1/4 tsp cinnamon; 1/8 tsp ground cloves

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Corn with Compound Butter

Corn is back at the market and is one of the delights of summer.

Course: Main Course

Author: Chef Mary Goldman

Ingredients

Savory style

1/2 stick butter unsalted and softened
1/4 tsp seasoned salt
1 tsp chopped chives fresh or dried
1 tsp your choice of basil, thyme, cilantro, sage
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp Parmesan optional

Sweet style

1/2 stick butter unsalted and softened
1 tsp brown sugar or honey local honey is available at the market
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cloves

Instructions

Place butter in a small bowl with your seasonings of choice.
Mix together and refrigerate until firm

Grilled corn

Soak corn for 15 minutes
Grill unshucked for 30 minutes turning occassionally

boiled

Shuck corn
Boil water
turn water off and add corn
cover for 10 minutes
Place butter in small ramekin and serve with corn.

Notes

"A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed at the sunshine".---Anne Bronte

Corn is back at the market and is one of the delights of summer. There are more ways to eat corn than just boiling it and serving it with plain butter. Soak it in water in its husks and grill it on the Barbie along with your favorite local meat and serve it with a compound butter. Compound butter is a mixture of softened butter infused with herbs and spices.