Grilled corn with queso fresco cheese HELP!
I picked up this tidbit off the Kitchen Therapy website:
"Crumble some queso fresco into tiny pieces on a large platter. Brush the cooked corn cobs with butter and roll in the cheese. Maybe squeeze a lime over the top."
Last night I grilled the corn, buttered it right off the grill, and rolled it in my room temp crumbled queso freco cheese. Problem was, that cheese didn't stick, not one bit. I tried pressing it into the corn, mashing it in, nothing. Finally just sprinkled it all over the top and gave up. What's the secret? How do you make the cheese stick, even just a little bit, to the corn?
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7 Comments:
The time I had corn on the cob with cheese in Mexico, the vendor slathered a mayonnaise-y spread on the corn before the cheese. You could make a spicy-lime mayo.
zucchini at 9:18AM on 08/12/09
usually they put mayo or sour cream (or mexican crema if you can find it) on the corn before the cheese in mexico. i mix sour cream with chili powder and lime, to taste, slather on the corn and then roll it in cotija cheese...not as traditional but it works!
i'm pretty sure the traditional way is grill the corn (or boil, that woks too), put some crema / mayo on it, roll in cotija cheese and sprinkle with piquin chile powder and finish with lime (at least thats how the bf's mama makes it...shes mexican)
korovka at 10:35AM on 08/12/09
We had this recently...a variation of Tyler Florence's recipe...it was soo good, we loved it! We had some crumbled cheese in the sauce and then also sprinkled some on the top. MMM MMM GOOD.
sammie at 12:13PM on 08/12/09
Yup
it's a mayonaisse-y spread that works. And sprinkle, don't roll.
CJ McD at 2:11PM on 08/12/09
don't bother... just eat the cheese on the side if it's too much of a hassle...
MadelynRodriguez at 5:25PM on 08/12/09
Did you grill it sufficiently? If only lightly grilled, the taut surfaces of the kernels don't provide much of a grip for toppings. But if grilled more, the kernels deflate, and the nooks and crannies grip the toppings better.
Also, what others have said about crema/mayo/etc.--ditto on that.
Lorenzo at 4:02PM on 08/13/09
also, you could cut the kernels off the cob & mix with the other ingredients. not as much fun, but easy to scoop giant spoonfuls into your mouth at warp speed!
dmarina at 2:05AM on 08/15/09