Chilled Corn Soup With Crab And Chile Oil Food

CHILLED CORN AND CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• In a small stock pot, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the shallot and garlic and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add the corn and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the almondmilk, kosher salt, white pepper and chipotle pepper, stir to combine and lower the heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly, transfer half of the mixture to a blender and purée. Add the rest of the liquid and half of the remaining corn kernels, saving 1/2 cup of the kernels to add back into the soup after blending. At this point you can strain the pureé or leave it chunky. Stir in the lime juice to taste and season with more salt and pepper if desired and stir the reserved corn into the soup. Chill the soup for 2 hours.
• Garnish the soup with the crab meat, avocado, chopped cilantro, and serve.
• *This soup could also be served warm or at room temperature.

CHILLED CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the corn: Hold an ear of corn upright with one end on the cutting board and the other in your non-cutting hand. Use a sharp knife to shave off the kernels in rows from the cob. Rotate the corn and cut close enough to the core so that the kernels remain relatively whole, but not so closely that you end up taking fibrous pieces of the cob with you. Repeat with all of the corn. Gather the kernels in a bowl and reserve the cobs.
• Start the soup: Combine half the olive oil and all the scallions with a generous pinch salt and 1/4 cup water in a large saute pan and cook over medium-low heat until they are translucent and tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Cook the corn: Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in the same saute pan and add all the corn kernels. Season with salt, then stir in the brown sugar and a generous pinch black pepper. Cook over medium heat until the corn becomes tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Finish: Bring the half-and-half and 1 cup water to a gentle simmer in a medium pot over medium heat and add the cobs. Simmer the cobs gently on low heat until they impart their corn flavor to the half-and-half, 12 to 15 minutes. Discard the cobs. Add the Worcestershire and hot sauce and stir to combine. Add the cooked corn and scallions to the pot and simmer on low heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning.
• Puree half of the liquid and corn in the blender until smooth and pour back into the rest of the soup. Refrigerate until fully cold, at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours.
• Serve: Whisk to blend so some of the remaining corn lands in each bowl as you serve the soup. Taste for seasoning. Ladle into the bowls.

CHILLED CORN SOUP WITH CRAB AND CHILE OIL

Steps:

• Cook corn in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl of ice and cold water to chill ears quickly. When cold, cut off kernels and scrape cobs over a bowl to extract juice, then purée in batches in a blender with milk, salt, and pepper. Force purée through a very fine sieve into a bowl (discard solids) and stir in chives.
• Cut crab shell with kitchen shears and extract meat, then cut into 1/4-inch pieces.
• Serve soup drizzled with chile oil and sprinkled with crabmeat.

CHILLED CORN AND CRAB CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the oil briefly in a nonstick soup pot or Dutch oven. Add the Canadian bacon and saute, stirring often, for about 2 minutes. Add the onion, saute 3 minutes longer; add the bell pepper, celery, jalapeno, garlic, and cumin, saute another 2 minutes.
• Add the broth, bay leaf, corn, and ground pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to simmer for 20minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and discard the bay leaf. Set the mixture aside to cool until it is lukewarm.
• Place the yogurt in a small bowl. Add some of the liquid from the pot to the yogurt, stirring the ingredients well. The pour the thinned yogurt back into the pot, stir until the yogurt is well integrated with the other ingredients. Add the crab meat or surimi, stirring the chowder gently, then add the 2 tablespoons of cilantro or parsley. Chill the soup until serving time. Serve garnished with additional cilantro or parsley.

COLD AVOCADO CORN SOUP WITH CILANTRO OIL

Steps:

• Make soup:
• Roast corn on rack of gas burner over high heat, turning occasionally with tongs, until kernels are charred in spots, 4 to 5 minutes. (Alternatively, heat a dry well-seasoned cast-iron skillet and roast corn over moderately high heat, turning occasionally, about 10 minutes.) Transfer corn to a cutting board and, when cool enough to handle, cut kernels from cob with a sharp knife, then cut cob into thirds.
• Bring kernels, cob pieces, 4 cups water, garlic, salt, and 1/2 cup onion to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan and boil until liquid is reduced to about 3 cups, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and cool, uncovered. Discard cob pieces.
• Purée corn mixture along with chile and remaining 3/4 cup onion in a blender, then pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on and then discarding solids. Return broth to cleaned blender.
• Quarter, pit, and peel 1 avocado, then add to blender with 2 tablespoons lime juice and purée until smooth. Transfer soup to a bowl and cover surface with plastic wrap. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill soup at least 1 hour.
• Prepare cilantro oil while soup chills:
• Purée cilantro, oil, and salt in cleaned blender, scraping down sides of blender several times. Pour oil into cleaned fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl and let drain 15 minutes (do not press on solids). Discard solids.
• Assemble soup:
• Halve and pit remaining avocado and scoop small balls from flesh with melon-ball cutter, then toss gently with remaining tablespoon lime juice in a bowl.
• Whisk together crema and remaining 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl until smooth.
• Season soup with salt and ladle into 6 shallow soup bowls. Divide avocado balls among bowls, then drizzle with crema and cilantro oil.

CHINESE CRAB & CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in pot.
• Add onion, garlic, ginger and chili and saute until softened.
• Add sherry and reduce by half.
• Add crab, corn, stock, soy sauce, salt, pepper, and simmer for 8 minutes.
• Stir in spinach and season.
• Remove from heat,.
• Add eggs and stir into pot with a fork, forming ribbons.

CHILLED CORN SOUP WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Slice kernels off corn cobs (you should have 3 to 3 1/2 cups kernels). Discard cobs and place kernels in a blender.
• Add buttermilk, basil, scallions, lime juice, garlic, salt and 1/3 cup ice cubes to the blender and purée until very smooth.
• Strain mixture through a sieve, pressing down hard on the solids. Serve soup garnished with radish slices and a drizzle of olive oil.

CHILLED CORN-AND CRAYFISH SOUP WITH CREME FRAICHE AND CHIVES

Steps:

• Heat butter and olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat until butter is melted, about 1 minute. Add onions and carrots and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly caramelized and softened, about 5 minutes. Add corn and continue to cook until corn is lightly caramelized, 7 to 8 minutes. Add shallots and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add corn stock, salt, cayenne, and crab boil to saucepan. Bring to a boil and immediately reduce heat to a simmer. Cook soup until corn is very tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Working in batches, transfer soup to the jar of a blender and puree until smooth. Strain soup through a fine mesh sieve into a clean saucepan. Add cream and crawfish tails and return to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
• Transfer soup to refrigerator until chilled. To serve, ladle soup into chilled bowls; garnish each with 1 tablespoon creme fraiche and 2 teaspoons chives.

CHILLED CORN-MELON SOUP WITH CRAB

Steps:

• Soup: Remove corn kernels from the cob by placing corn upright in a large, deep mixing bowl. Run a knife from top to bottom, all the way around, allowing the kernels to fall into the bowl. Repeat with remaining corn. (Note: Corn cobs may be discarded, or saved for another use such as corn stock.) Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and a pinch of salt. Cook shallots until lightly caramelized, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes. Stir in corn and another pinch of salt; cook another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Set aside.
• Place melon on a flat work surface. Slice off top and bottom, and place upright. Remove rind by cutting along the edge of the melon from top to bottom; repeat all the way around until the rind is completely removed. Cut the melon in half, discard the seeds, then roughly chop; set aside 1 cup for garnish and place the rest in a large bowl.Cut away and discard tomato stems; chop tomatoes and add to the melon. Slice off the top and bottom of the pepper and discard the stem. Slice the pepper from top to bottom to open it up. Then "unroll" the pepper on the cutting surface; cut away the central core of seeds and discard. Chop the pepper and add to the melon and tomato; repeat with second pepper. Add 2 large pinches of salt and toss well. Stir in the corn mixture and refrigerate, 2 hours.
• Place chilled corn mixture into a blender. Cover and purée on high speed until smooth and frothy, about 30 seconds. Taste for seasoning, and add more salt as necessary. (Note: You'll need to do this in 2 batches.) Set soup aside while making the garnish.
• Garnish: Preheat broiler. Place corn on a rack fitted over a rimmed baking sheet. Rub with 1 tablespoon olive oil and a pinch of salt. Place sheet 6 inches under the heat source and broil 6-8 minutes, turning occasionally to lightly char all sides. Meanwhile, in a bowl, add crab meat, cherry tomatoes, gooseberries (optional), reserved cantaloupe, lime zest and juice, and remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. (Note: Garnish in the video is for 1 serving; the written recipe is for 6 servings.) Mix gently to combine, keeping crab pieces whole. Chiffonade the basil: Roll leaves together like a cigar, then slice into thin strips. Add to the garnish. Remove corn from the oven; when cool enough to handle, cut off kernels as in Step 1. Add corn to the garnish and toss.
• Assembly: Divide garnish into 6 bowls. Slowly pour soup over half of the garnish for a dramatic presentation. Serve cold or at room temperature.