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Roasted red pepper, sweet corn and blue cheese balls rolled in almonds, chives or bacon

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  • fresh white sweet corn
Set a ramekin upside down in the bottom of a big bowl, stand the cob on it and slice the kernels off with a sharp knife.
  • 1 whole red pepper
Char the skin of the red pepper all over with a blow torch on a heatproof surface (or over a gas burner).
Cover tightly and let steam and cool, then rinse or rub off the charred skin and dice small.
  • 1 lb cream cheese
  • soft butter
  • kosher salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • cayenne
Mix the cream cheese with a little soft butter, kosher salt, black pepper and cayenne.
The cream cheese base
  • ¼ lb crumbled blue cheese
Add the diced roasted pepper, the corn and the crumbled blue cheese; crumble the blue cheese from frozen.
Mixing in pepper, corn and blue cheese
Mix slowly at first, then more aggressively, folding and stirring until evenly combined, a minute or two.
Wrap and refrigerate until firm; here 60 minutes.
Scoop about one tablespoon portions onto a lined sheet pan.
Refrigerate until cold and firm, about an hour.
  • roasted almonds
  • chives
  • crispy cooked bacon
Roll the balls in finely chopped roasted almonds, sliced chives, or minced crispy bacon.
Cover and refrigerate until fully chilled, then serve on a platter.