SPICY SWEET CORN AND POBLANO SOUP
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Coat garlic lightly with vegetable oil and wrap in foil. Bake garlic 30 minutes, or until soft.
- In a dry small heavy skillet toast coriander and cumin seeds over moderately high heat, stirring, until fragrant and several shades darker. In an electric coffee/spice grinder grind seeds to powder.
- Chop onions and in a 6-quart heavy kettle cook in 2 tablespoons oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened. Reserve about one third onions in a small bowl. Wearing rubber gloves, slice jalapeño and chop roasted poblanos (abut 1 cup). Remove kernels from ears of corn (about 2 cups), reserving cobs. To onions in kettle add jalapeño and 1 cup corn kernels and cook over moderate heat, stirring, 2 minutes. Add ground spices, 1/2 cup poblanos, and salt and pepper to taste and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Cut reserved corn cobs into thirds and add with broth to corn mixture. Simmer soup, uncovered, 30 minutes.
- In a small heavy skillet sauté remaining kernels in remaining teaspoon oil over moderately high heat, stirring, just until tender.
- Discard corn cobs from soup. Squeeze garlic pulp from skins and stir with cream into soup. Pour soup through a sieve into a bowl and in a blender purée solids with just enough liquid to make smooth.
- Tie long coriander sprigs in a bunch with kitchen string. Transfer purée and remaining liquid to kettle with tied coriander and lime juice and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, just until heated through. Chop roasted bell pepper. To soup add bell pepper, remaining poblanos, reserved onions, and sautéed corn and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until heated through. Discard tied coriander.
- Serve soup garnished with coriander.
SPICY POBLANO AND CORN SOUP
Enjoy this creamy soup for dinner made with corn, poblano chilies and onion that's ready in 15 minutes - perfect if you love Southwestern cuisine.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 15m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In 3-quart saucepan, stir 1 cup of the corn and 1 1/2 cups of the milk. Heat to boiling over medium heat.
- In medium microwavable bowl, mix chiles, onion and water. Cover; microwave on High 4 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in blender, place remaining 2 cups corn and 1/2 cup milk. Cover; blend on high speed until smooth. Add pureed mixture to corn mixture in saucepan. Stir in chile mixture and salt. Cook 6 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until hot.
- Ladle about 1 1/3 cups soup into each of 4 bowls. Top each serving with 2 tablespoons cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 260, Carbohydrate 44 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 13 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 630 mg
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