Categories: Sauces and Such

Ingredients

• 1/2 to 1 small ancho chili pepper
• 2 tablespoons
• lime juice
• 3 tablespoons
• butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 of a small
• avocado, seeded, peeled, and chopped
• 1/8 teaspoon
• salt

Directions

1. In a small saucepan combine ancho pepper, lime juice, and 2 tablespoons water; cook on low heat, covered, for 10 minutes or until pepper turns soft. Drain and cool. Remove stem and seeds of pepper. Finely chop pepper and combine with softened butter or margarine.

3. Slightly mash the avocado with the salt. Stir into ancho butter. If desired, spoon into small mold or cup lined with plastic wrap; cover and chill.

5. Remove husks and silk from ears of corn. If desired, leave a few leaves of the husks intact for presentation. In a large saucepan cook corn, covered, in a small amount of boiling water for 5 to 7 minutes. Drain. Grill on an uncovered grill directly over medium coals for 10 minutes, turning several times. Remove butter from mold. Remove plastic wrap. Serve corn with ancho-avocado butter. Makes 6 servings.

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