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Grilled Corn on the Cob with Honey Basil Butter

Grilled Corn on the Cob with Honey Basil Butter.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Basil and honey work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 236 recipes mention both. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Let the butter sit at room temperature until soft. In a small bowl, mash the butter with the thinly sliced basil and raw honey until evenly combined.

  2. Heat a grill to medium-high, about 400°F (204°C). Pull back the husks from each ear of sweet corn, remove the silk, then pull the husks back up over the kernels.

  3. Grill the corn for about 5 minutes, turning every 1 to 2 minutes, until the kernels are tender and lightly charred in spots.

  4. Remove the corn from the grill and let it cool for a minute. Spread the honey basil butter over each hot ear and serve right away.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Basil + honeytop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together236 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Corn + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together262 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Butter + honeytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  4. Corn + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,333 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Corn + honeytop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together298 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs