RECIPES

Saturday, 14 September 2024

Corn Chowder

Corn Chowder is a thick hearty soup that is perfect for supper on a chilly night.
This is the recipe I use, originally found in Alison Holst's 'Dollars and Sense Cookbook,' which states it will make four servings. 


Dice an onion and saute in 2 Tbsp melted butter for 2-3 minutes. 

Add 1 grated medium carrot, 2 diced stalks of celery and 1 cup of chicken stock (or water).  Bring to the boil then simmer until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. 

Add a 410g can of creamed corn, 1 cup milk, and 2-3 Tbsp chopped parsley. 


When soup is hot (but do not let it boil), thicken as desired with some cornflour (corn starch) mixed with a little cold water. 
Season to taste with salt and pepper and a generous pinch of white sugar (the sugar intensifies the corn flavour, but its use is optional).
Serve hot.

Enjoy!
Margaret xx 

9 comments:

  1. Sounds great. I have a kumara acorn chowder recipe where the kumara provides the thickening (and a bit more sweetness - as if the corn wasn't enough.) Creamed corn, btw, seems to be a uniquely kiwi thing. I can't get it here.

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    1. How strange you cannot get canned creamed corn - I never considered other places wouldn't have something we consider so common. I believe Australia has it, if my memory serves me right.

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  2. Sounds interesting, and very different from our soups.

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  3. Simple and delicious! Thank you for sharing, Margaret!

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  4. No creamed corn here either and blitzing corn kernels does not make them creamy. Alas. Love the stuff. That soup looks delicious. Too hot for soups yet in Greece.

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  5. This looks delicious. One of my favorite soups!

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  6. I make many kinds of soup but I haven't tried a Chowder. I know creamed corn used to be available here but I haven't looked for it in ages.

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  7. Don’t think I’ve ever seen creamed corn in the UK but found a recipe for making it so will try the soup as it sounds delicious.

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