Chilled corn soup with jalapeno

Friday, July 08, 2011

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Chilled Corn Soup with Jalapeno

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Serves 4 - 8 oz bowls

Ingredients for the soup:

6 cups fresh corn kernels (removed from about 8 ears of corn depending on size)

1 medium white onion

1 small jalapeno diced (seeds removed)

3 cloves garlic

2 cups whole milk

2 cups corn stock (recipe below)

2 tbsp olive oil

Salt and pepper

Procedure

Remove the corn from the cob, and cut the cobs into 4 pieces each. Place the cobs in a stock pot, and cover with water only to the top of the cobs. Simmer for about 30 minutes, then strain of the liquid as your stock. Discard the cobs. Heat the oil in a large sauce pot on low heat. Add the onion, jalapeno and Garlic. Sweat until the vegetables begin to get soft, but don't allow them to get any color. This should take about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the corn, and season with about half of the salt you think you will need. Adding the salt at this point will help to bring the water out of the corn. Sweat the corn with the vegetables for another 5 minutes. Add the corn stock and the milk and let cook on low heat, barely simmering for about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, cover with plastic wrap, and let sit for another 20 minutes. Blend the contents of the pot, and pass through a fine mesh strainer. Cool the soup over ice or in the refrigerator. Adjust seasoning with salt and consistency with cold corn stock if too thick.

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