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Sweetcorn ribs with pilpelchuma

Libyan hot red garlic chilli sauce pipelchuma transforms simple sweetcorn

July 7, 2022 14:08
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Cook: 1 hour

Serves: 4 - 6 as a snack

Spice up a vegetarian or vegan meal with this flavour-filled side

METHOD:

  • Heat oven to 20O°C. Trim the top off the garlic bulbs to reveal the cloves. Season with a pinch of salt and tablespoon of oil, wrap in tinfoil and roast for 35 minutes, until softened and golden. Set aside to cool.

  • Place the chipotle in a heat proof bowl, pour over boiling water set aside.
    Cut the corn cobs in half horizontally. Place the cut side down on the board and cut in half, directly down the middle. Place each quarter - cut side down - on the chopping board and slice in 3 vertically, cutting through the centre of the cob. Repeat with the other cob.

  • For the sauce: set a saucepan over a medium heat and add the cumin, caraway and sesame seeds. Toast until fragrant and then crush coarsely in a mortar or spice grinder. Transfer to a blender. Pop the roasted garlic out of its papery skins and add to the spices with the drained chipotle chiles, black garlic, salt, lemon juice, cinnamon and preserved lemon. Blend to a paste then slowly add the olive oil to emulsify to a thick paste.

Ingredients

3 bulbs of garlic
6g dried chipotle chiles, stalk and seeds removed
2 sweet corn cobs
6g cumin seeds
3g caraway seeds
12g sesame seeds
3g Aleppo chili flakes
6g smoked paprika
10g black garlic
6g Maldon salt plus extra
15g lemon juice
2g ground cinnamon
25g preserved lemon
100ml olive oil + 1 tbsp
2 l vegetable oil
2 spring onions, finely sliced