Mexican Street Corn Pasta

Mexican Street Corn Pasta

Recipe & photography by Anna Colwell 

Ingredients

  • 200g Northern Pasta Co Gigli
  • 4 cobs of corn, or 8 cobettes
  • 1tbsp oil 
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 250g mayonaise
  • 100g cream cheese
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 1 tbsp chilli powder (or more if you want it spicy!)
  • 50g cotija or hard feta, grated
  • Handful corriander, chopped

Method

  1. Char your corn until it blisters, then carefully slice off the cob

  2. Cook your pasta acording to the packet directions

  3. Heat a large frying pan over a medium high heat, add your oil and fry the corn for 2-3 minutes

  4. Add your garlic and cook until aromatic 

  5. Pour in the mayonaise and cream cheese and mix everything together before seasoning with the juice of a lime

  6. Season with the chilli powder and chopped corriander

  7. Add the cooked pasta, as well as some reserved pasta water if needed, and mix to combine

  8. To serve, spoon the pasta into dishes and top with the grated cotija or feta, an extra sprinkle of chilli powder and a wedge of lime