Cream Of Fresh Corn And Poblano Chile Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Combine the milk, cumin seeds, bay leaves and rosemary in a medium saucepan. Place over low heat and bring nearly to a simmer. (Do not boil.) Remove from the heat and let sit 20 minutes to infuse.
• Heat the olive oil or butter in a large saucepan or stockpot over medium heat. Cook the onions with the salt until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Add the garlic and ground cumin and cook, stirring frequently, 5 minutes. Then stir in the corn kernels and diced chilies and continue cooking over low heat 5 more minutes.
• Using your finest strainer, strain the infused herbal milk into the corn and chili mixture. Bring to a very slow simmer over low heat. Gently simmer 15 minutes.
• Pour one third of the soup into a food processor or blender and puree. Stir back into the soup pot. Serve hot with the chives as garnish.

Steps:

• Cut three tortillas into ninths; place in food processor and chop until fine.
• Add flour,chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper; blend to the consistency of cornmeal.
• Place oil in stockpot over medium high heat; add onion, 1/2 cup poblano pepper, and garlic and sauté until the onion is transparent.
• Add butter and let it melt.
• Add tortilla-flour mixture to the pan and mix to form a roux.
• Cook 4-5 minutes stirring constantly with a whisk- do not let mixture burn.
• While stirring, slowly add broth, scraping down sides and bottom often.
• Add half and half, bring to a slow simmer and cook 7-10 minutes.
• Do not let soup come to a hard boil.
• Turn off heat and let cool a bit.
• Add chicken before serving.
• Top each serving with shredded cheese, diced poblano pepper and tortillas strips.

Steps:

• Combine chiles in a blender with 1 can of milk and chicken stock powder.
• Season to taste with white pepper.
• Melt butter in a casserole over low heat; add cornstarch and cook, stirring constantly.
• Add the remaining can of milk, squash and corn.
• Bring to a boil and simmer, stirring constantly, about 4 minutes or until corn and squash are tender.
• Sprinkle with grated cheese.

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.

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, combine the onion, garlic, parsley and butter or margarine. Saute for about 5 minutes, or until onions are tender.
• Add the flour, stirring well, to make a pasty mixture. Whisk in the milk and the broth. Add the corn and the cream cheese and allow to heat through. Add the garlic salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste. Stir together and serve.