Sweetcorn And Chili Soup Recipes

SWEETCORN AND CHILI SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter and olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Fry the onion for about 10 minutes until translucent and golden, stirring occasionally.
• Add the corn and chili pepper and continue frying about 5 minutes, again stirring occasionally.
• Add the stock, season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Transfer 2/3 of the soup to a food processor and whiz to a coarse puree. Add back into the pan and stir in the lemon juice and parsley. Taste for seasoning.
• Serve with a spoonful of sour cream and more parsley, if desired.

SPICY SWEETCORN AND SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a lrg saucepan & saute spring onions & garlic over med-heat for 1 min, till softened but not caramelized.
• Stir in chicken stock, cream-style sweetcorn, shrimp & chili paste (or sauce, if using).
• Bring soup to a gentle boil, stirring occ. Season to taste pref & serve immediately sprinkled w/fresh coriander leaves.
• NOTE RE SHRIMP: If using larger prawns, chop in pieces roughly = in size to baby shrimp.
• COOKS TIP PER RECIPE: If cream-style sweetcorn is not available, use ordinary canned sweetcorn & pulse in a food proc till creamy, but w/some texture left.

CORN AND GREEN CHILE SOUP

Steps:

• Remove the kernels from the ears of corn and set aside.
• Place the 4 stripped corn cobs in 6 cups water in a large pot. Bring to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes, then remove.
• In a skillet, heat a few glugs of olive oil. Add the chopped scallions and green chiles and sauté. Add 1/4 cup cornmeal and cook, stirring, about 5 minutes.
• Add the scallion-and-chili mixture to broth along with the corn kernels and 2 chopped potatoes. Cook until soft. Garnish with crema or sour cream, if you'd like, and the sliced scallions.

SWEET CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, over a medium heat until soft.
• Add the stock, creamed corn and potato.Bring to the boil then simmer, uncovered, for about 15 minutes or until the potato is soft.
• Blend or process the soup until smooth adding white pepper to taste. Return the soup to the same pan then stir in the remaining corn and cream. Stir over a low heat until corn is tender.
• Serve soup topped with crumbled corn chips, pepper and chives.