Howdy! During a grocery shopping trip, I couldn’t resist buying a few ears of corn before the summer is out. On a whim, I decided to kick things up a notch by trying my hand at making elote. I was feeling very inspired by the amazing elote I had at the Italian Fest that Johnny and I attended in July and knew it couldn’t be that hard to make. I am SO glad that I gave it a go because not only was it easy peasy but it was absolutely delicious. In fact, I’m like ninety-nine percent confident that the food truck I purchased elote from used the exact same recipe I did and I thought mine turned out even better! Check it out:

Recipes I Used:

To bake the corn: cipherbabe on Food.com

Elote: Love and Lemons

I don’t make corn on the cob very often and the few times I have, I boiled it. I genuinely had no idea if you could bake it in the oven or not so after giving it a Google, I thought that was the best way to go. After removing the husks, I wrapped each one in foil, painted them with butter and olive oil, and let it bake in the oven for about twenty-five minutes and turned them halfway through. My one note is that I wish I let them bake a hair longer at thirty minutes. The corn was fully cooked and easy to sink your teeth into but it wasn’t quite as tender for my liking.

As the corn baked, I began making the aioli to coat the ears with. This consisted of mayonnaise, lime juice and zest, and cilantro. I used more than the recipe called for for the lime juice and zest and am glad I did because the flavor was so tangy despite the creaminess of the cojita cheese. I also added additional chili powder for good measure for an extra kick. After the aioli was made and the corn was baked, all that was left to do was the assembly.

I coated the corn generously with the sauce, cojita cheese, and chili powder. I love the flavor of lime so I squeezed a couple of wedges onto my elote for good measure. The end result was just fantastic if I do say so myself. So good, in fact, that I had two ears of elote along with my veggie burger! I couldn’t believe I made something that tasted even better than the original elote I tried and was very proud of myself. The lime and chili powder were bold but not overpowering and the pairing with cojita cheese provided a sweet heat that I couldn’t get enough of. Now I know that whenever I have a craving for elote, I can make it myself and enjoy every bite.

If you love a good ear of elote too, then I truly can’t recommend this recipe enough. You will be the star of end of summer barbecues!!

Have you tried any new recipes recently? How did it turn out? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah