Esquites Pasta

hello there :) in the gif below you can see me taking notes from my memories to put this recipe together. For some reason I distinctly remember the time my friend invited me over to cook this for me. It could’ve been the pouring rain I had to walk through that left me soaked at her doorstep, or the humidity of new york, or the good time I had at her place :) but I also think it was just so unique in ingredients and taste, something I had never had before. Then after trying to make Esquite, I realized the pasta could totally be a spin-off of this mexican snack.

I think I’ll definitely try to refine it to keep the ingredients true to Esquites. But for now, this is what I remembered & came up with.

(I think my friend used a New York Times recipe, but this is how I simplified it.)

Ingredients (2 servings)

• 1 scallion, chopped

• 1 small onion, chopped finely

• 1 lime

• 1 fat clove of garlic, minced

• 1/2 can sweet corn

• 1/2 cup heavy cream

• 3-4 pieces of bacon

• 1/4 cup of parm cheese, or queso

• (optional: for a kick, some jalapeño pepper or chili powder)

• spaghetti

• salt, pepper

1. chop up your scallion and onion.

2. puree the following : scallion, heavy cream, corn

3. char 1-2 Tbsp of corn in a pan with oil, set aside to use as garnish later.

4. cook the bacon with garlic and onion until slightly crispy. start cooking the spaghetti on the side (boil it for 1 minute less than the box instructions)

5. add the corn puree, and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

6. add the spaghetti and mix in the lime juice and parmesan cheese (or queso) if sauce is too thick, thin it out with pasta water. salt +pepper to taste.

7. mixed in finely chopped jalapeño peppers or chili powder if you’d like

8. garnish with extra corn and scallion. enjoy!

chop up your scallion and onion.

puree the following : scallion, heavy cream, corn

blend blend blend

cut up 3-4 pieces of bacon (leave out the bacon if you’d like)

cook the bacon with garlic and onion until slightly crispy. start cooking the spaghetti on the side (boil it for 1 minute less than the box instructions)

add the corn puree

add the spaghetti

mix it all in with a squeeze of lime and 1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese or queso.

mix in some extra corn

garnish with extra corn and scallions. enjoy!