Planning a casual get-together? You don’t have to put together a massive spread or spend hours cooking. This fresh corn salad with honey and basil is a quick and delicious side you can serve to guests.

SERVES 6 // COOKING TIME 15 min

INGREDIENTS
5 mielies
1 red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
3 tbsp white wine vinegar
3 tbsp olive oil
1 lemon, juiced
2 tsp honey
½ cup basil, torn

METHOD
1. Cook the mielies in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain and place in a bowl of ice water to stop them cooking further. Allow to cool, then cut the kernels off the cobs.
2. Toss together the corn kernels, onion, vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice and honey in a serving bowl. Top with the basil.

Recipe & styling: Diane Heierli
Photography: Christoph Heierli

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If you love tequila as much as we do, you’ll be happy to know that it makes an incredible cooking ingredient as well! Taking inspiration from refreshing margaritas, we whipped up this revolutionary tequila-lime chicken.

SERVES 4 // COOKING TIME 40 min

INGREDIENTS
For the chicken
8 drumsticks
½ cup tequila
½ cup honey
Zest & juice of 3 limes
Juice of 1 grapefruit
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 chillies, sliced
For the corn salad
2 mielies, blanched, kernels only
1 red pepper, diced
1 cup cherry tomatoes, chopped
½ pineapple, diced
Handful coriander, chopped
Juice of 2 limes

METHOD
For the chicken
1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Place the drumsticks in a ziplock bag.
2. In a bowl, whisk together tequila, honey, lime zest and juice, grapefruit juice, garlic and chillies. Pour over chicken and leave to marinate for 5 minutes.
3. Remove chicken from the bag (reserve marinade), place on a baking tray and cook for 25–30 minutes.
4. In a pot, bring marinade to the boil and cook until reduced by half.
5. About 5 minutes before chicken is done cooking, pour marinade over it, then return to the oven to create a sticky glaze.
For the corn salad
1. Toss together mielies, pepper, tomatoes, pineapple coriander and lime juice.
2. Serve the corn salad with the drumsticks.

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