Dinner with Basil Smoked Chicken
We took advantage of our good-natured house guests for the weekend, John and Fran Bonscher, to once again try the smoked chicken recipe we mentioned in an earlier column. We all agreed that it was terrific, and now that we have accurate measurements for the basil coating, we hope you will give it a try. We find that it is also excellent cold. The tomato pie is very quick to make since there is no crust involved and provides a colorful side dish.
The baked corn recipe is from Lee Bailey's 1983 cookbook, Country Weekends (Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.). For our purposes, the recipe has been halved and the amount of flour slightly reduced. For corn lovers, this is an incredible combination of chewy crust and creamy interior. We highly recommend it. The meal ends with a quick peach dessert (if you are able to find any following the late freeze this spring).
