Chilled Sweet Corn Soup
Recipe type: Soup
Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • 5 ears sweet corn
  • 8 tablespoons butter
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 serrano chile
  • 1 avocado, roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Grill sweet corn over open flame until lightly charred. Let cool and cut kernels off cob.
  2. In a large pot, melt 7 tablespoons butter. Add onions and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add sweet corn, reserving ¼ cup for garnish. Add water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes.
  3. Remove from heat and puree with an immersion blender or food processor. Let cool.
  4. Meanwhile, roast chili on open flame (or broiler) until charred. Remove seeds and finely chop. Melt remaining tablespoon butter in a small pan. Sauté chili and avocado for 2-3 minutes, then remove from heat and add soy sauce. Stir in additional corn.
  5. Once soup is cooled, adjust salt and pepper to taste. Serve with avocado chili garnish on top.
Recipe by Things I Made Today at https://www.thingsimadetoday.com/2013/08/23/chilled-sweet-corn-soup/