Recipe - Roasted Corn And Mushroom Salad

4 Ears of corn
2 teaspoon Extra virgin olive oil
One half Onion; medium dice
2 Cloves garlic; minced
1 Chili pepper; minced,
optional
10 Shiitake mushrooms; cut or sliced up
6 Dried chanterelle mushrooms;
chopped, soak in hot water,
optional
2 teaspoon Cumin powder; or to taste
1 teaspoon Chickpea miso
1 Lime; juiced
One half Red pepper; small dice
One half small Cucumber; peeled; small dice
2 teaspoon Apple cider vinegar; or to
taste
2 teaspoon Extra virgin olive oil; or
to taste
Avocado; cut or sliced up for
garnish
Salt and pepper; to taste

Serves 46.

Shuck corn. Scrape any excess milk from cobs with the back of a knife and
set aside in a large bowl. In a very hot cast iron skillet, roast corn
until lightly browned, turning frequently with wooden spoon. If sticking
excessively, add a drop or two of oil.

Add roasted corn to bowl with corn milk. Saute onion in oil until lightly
browned. Add garlic, chile, shiitakes, and chanterelles. Cook until
mushrooms are soft. Stir in cumin and miso. Deglaze pan with small amount
of soaking water if necessary. Season with salt and pepper.

Add contents of pan to bowl with corn and mix well. Let cool slightly. Add
lime juice, red pepper, and cucumber. Mix again, add oil and vinegar and
season additionally with salt and pepper. Top with avocado.

Serve on a bed of watercress or other greens.

From Ellen C. ellen@elekta.com

Per serving: 243 Calories; 7g Fat (22% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 46g
Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 81mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 2 Starch/Bread;
3 Vegetable; 1 Fat

NOTES : The key here is the cast iron skillet, to dry roast the corn. Your
options are endless as to what you might put in this salad, or relish, as
some call it. The ingredients are partially cooked, partially raw, to take
advantage of a variety of flavors and textures. Of course, the fresher the
corn, the better, but frozen is okay too, when fresh isn't available.

Recipe by: Ken Charney, PCC Natural Markets, Seattle TOH

Posted to EATLF Digest by "Ellen C." ellen@elekta.com on Nov 3, 1999,
converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.