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Spiced sweetcorn soup with chipotle & feta

May 26, 2017 by Laura Scott 8 Comments

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There are some vegetables with a naturally high sweeetness level that I struggle with. I have never enjoyed parsnips – the one vegetable I will happily push to the side of a plate and I can only eat sweetcorn in certain ways, either chargrilled or souped.

spiced sweetcorn soup

Although you will never find a parsnip anywhere near my recipe archive, you are now able to find sweetcorn thanks to my latest supper club soup – spiced sweetcorn soup with chipotle and feta. Combining flavours that I love such as smoky spiced heat with salty, crumbly cheese and being able to share them with my supper club guests is always a pleasure. You can read all about the food at served at this event over at Surrey Kitchen.

spiced sweetcorn soup

The spicing  from smoky chipotle chilli paste is added once the soup is cooked as is the lime zest and juice to keep the flavours fresh and lively. Chunks of Feta cheese add a cooling note and its salty creaminess works brilliantly well here too. As this soup takes its influence from the flavours of Mexico, you could be really authentic and replace the Feta with queso fresco.

spiced sweetcorn soup

This soup was a hit with last week’s supper club guests along with the spring salad second course of broad beans, asparagus, radishes, rocket and herbed ricotta with a buttermilk dressing. I always start my suppers with a soup, either hot or cold depending on the time of year and will usually follow this with a salad of seasonal flavours and ingredients. Balancing the meal so that everyone still has an appetite for mains and dessert is something I have been learning on my supper club journey over the last two years although I still do have a tendency to splurge when it comes to the pudding. My favourite course to create can often lead to doggy bags ;))

Here are some more ideas of what to do with a glut of sweetcorn:

Black bean & potato salad with a sweetcorn avocado salsa – Fuss Free Flavours

Sweetcorn & coconut cakes with corn cob jelly – Veggie Desserts

Grilled miso butter corn & tofu – Food to Glow

Ham cheese & sweetcorn turnovers – Fab Food 4 All

Minions cornsicles – Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary

Sweetcorn & carrot fritters – Family Friends Food

Corn spinach polenta triangles – Tin & Thyme

spiced sweetcorn soup
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Spiced sweetcorn soup with chipotle & feta cheese

A spiced sweetcorn soup with flavours of Mexico and lots of smoky heat from the chipotle chilli.
Course Appetizer, Lunch, Soup, Vegetarian
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword spiced sweetcorn soup
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 12
Author Laura Scott

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 onions roughly chopped
  • 4 sticks celery roughly chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 3 small sweet potatoes peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 kilo frozen sweetcorn
  • Salt & pepper
  • 1 litre vegetable stock/water
  • 1 lime zest & juice
  • 1 tbsp chipotle paste thinned down with a splash of water
  • Chopped coriander dried/fresh red chilli & crumbled feta cheese for garnish

Instructions

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat then fry off the onion, celery, garlic and sweet potatoes until softened which will take around 10 minutes
  2. Add in the spices and continue to fry for a further 3 minutes
  3. Pour in the sweetcorn, stir well to mix in the spices then add in the vegetable stock/water
  4. Bring the soup to the boil, turn down to a medium heat and cook for 30 minutes
  5. Blend the soup in a high powered blender then add in the lime zest, lime juice and the chipotle paste
  6. Check the seasoning and serve the soup with garnishes of coriander, chilli and feta cheese

Recipe Notes

This soup can be kept in the fridge for a few days or it can be frozen in zip lock bags to enjoy at a later date.

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Filed Under: Lunch, Main dishes, Snacks and starters, Soups, Speedy Suppers, Vegetable dishes, Vegetarian dishes Tagged With: celery, chilli, Chipotle chilli, coriander., cumin, Dinner, dried oregano, feta cheese, garlic, Lunch, Main Meal, Onions, paprika, smoked paprika, Soup, Spiced, sweet potato, sweetcorn, Turmeric, vegetable stock, vegetarian

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Comments

  1. Camilla Hawkins says

    May 26, 2017 at 10:46 am

    Your soup sounds tangy, spicy and delicious Laura and love the sound of “charred corn”:-) Thanks for linking to my turnovers:-)

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      May 26, 2017 at 1:26 pm

      Thanks Camilla, it’s a good soup that’s easy to make.

      Reply
  2. Dannii says

    May 27, 2017 at 9:02 pm

    I have had sweetcorn soup at Chinese restaurants before, but I love the idea of adding feta to it.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      June 7, 2017 at 5:37 pm

      the salty 7 sweet works well Dannii

      Reply
  3. Janice says

    May 28, 2017 at 4:49 pm

    oh I love a corn chowder and this one has my favourite chipotle chilli in it – yum!

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      June 7, 2017 at 5:38 pm

      I love it too, such an addictive flavour

      Reply
  4. Choclette says

    May 28, 2017 at 5:06 pm

    I know what you mean about sweet vegetables. I can only eat a small amount of sweet potato, even though I like the flavour. This soup looks gorgeous and the saltiness of the feta must offset the sweetness of the corn nicely. Have pinned, flipped, yummed and tweeted.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      June 7, 2017 at 5:39 pm

      That’s what works so well Choclette, feta helps to cut through the sweetness of sweet potato too

      Reply

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