Subj : Gourmet 698 To : All From : Dave Drum Date : Fri Apr 17 2015 05:41 am * Originally in: fido.HOME_COO MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Chilled Corn Soup Categories: Five, Soups, Vegetables Yield: 6 servings 3 Ears of corn; shucked 1 md Onion; chopped 1 cl Garlic; fine chopped 2 tb Unsalted butter 4 1/2 c Water GARNISH: sour cream; chopped chives Simmering the cobs lends depth to a cool essence-of-corn soup, enhanced with a swirl of sour cream and a sprinkling of chives. Cut kernels from cobs with a sharp knife, then cut cobs into thirds. Cook onion and garlic in butter with 1/4 tsp salt in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Add corn and cobs, water, 1 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes. Discard cobs, then pur+¬e corn mixture in batches in a blender until very smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Force soup through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, discarding solids. Chill until cold, at least 1 hour. Thin with water if desired and season with salt. COOKSCÇÖ NOTE: Soup can be chilled up to 3 days. Recipe by Ian Knauer August 2008 | Gouremt Serves 6 MM Format by Dave Drum - 02 July 2009 Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... Sure money can't buy happiness, but it can buy bacon. --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-2 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) .