Dinner Tonight: Sweet Corn Soup with Avocado Cream

Name: Dinner Tonight: Sweet Corn Soup with Avocado Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 avocado; 1 large 1/2 chile de arbol (or a of red pepper flakes); 1 Handful cilantro, leaves chopped and sprigs reserved; 79 milliliters creme fraiche; 473 milliliters fresh corn kernels, from about 3 ears; 1 jalapeno, de-seeded and chopped; 1 teaspoon lime juice; 1 larges onion, diced; 1 Tbsps thyme leaves (dry is fine); 2 Tbsps unsalted butter; 118 milliliters peeled and diced Yukon Gold potatoes

Dinner Tonight: Sweet Corn Soup with Avocado Cream is a gluten free and vegetarian soup. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 214 calories. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of thyme leaves, chile de arbol, corn kernels, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat; when it foams, add the potatoes, onion, chile, and thyme and turn the heat to low. Cook gently for 10 minutes until the potatoes begin to turn creamy.

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Potato

Butter

Chili Pepper

Onion

Thyme

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Sauce Pan

Increase the heat to high and add the corn, cilantro sprigs, half the jalapeno, a pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Cook, coating in the butter, for a minute or so, then add ten cups of water. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 minutes, or until the corn and potatoes are tender.

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Black Pepper

Cilantro

Jalapeno Pepper

Potato

Butter

Water

Corn

Salt

In the meantime, puree the avocado with the creme fraiche and remaining jalapeno, adding lime juice, salt, and pepper to taste. I more than doubled the lime juice called for in the recipe.

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Creme Fraiche

Lime Juice

Jalapeno Pepper

Avocado

Pepper

Salt

Strain the soup into a large bowl, discarding the chile.

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Chili Pepper

Soup

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Bowl

Put the corn mixture into a blender with a little of the liquid and blend at low speed until pureed.

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Corn

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Blender

Add a cup of the liquid and blend on high, adding the liquid in stages until the soup has the consistency of heavy cream. Taste for seasoning and adjust with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper