- 2 fresh ears corn-on-the-cob
- 2 tablespoons [30 g] butter, melted
- 4 tomatoes
- 6 green onions, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons [30 mL] lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons [30 mL] olive oil
- Red Tabasco sauce, to taste
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
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- Preheat barbecue to low intensity.
- Remove leaves and hair from corn-on-the-cob ears; brush all over with melted butter.
- Grill onto warm barbecue rack turning often for approximately 20 minutes, until tender and blackened.
- Holding one ear at smaller end straight up onto a cutting board and using a large heavy knife, remove the kernels cutting from one end to the other all around the ear.
- Repeat with remaining ears.
- Transfer corn kernels into a bowl.
- Thread tomatoes onto a skewer; grill onto warm barbecue rack for approximately 2 minutes turning often, until the skin breaks and becomes wrinkled.
- Peel then dice tomato meat.
- Add tomato dices to corn kernels along with finely chopped green onions and garlic.
- Mix together lemon juice and olive; season with red Tabasco sauce, slt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Pour into bowl over salsa; mix until well blended.
- Cover bowl; leave salsa to marinate at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours before serving.
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