Harvest Creamy Corn Choup Food

RACHAEL RAY'S HARVEST CREAM CORN "CHOUP"

Steps:

• Heat a medium soup pot over medium-high heat with extra-virgin olive oil.
• Add bacon to hot oil and cook until crisp at edges.
• Add onions and corn, zucchini and potatoes and bell pepper as you get them chopped.
• Also add to the soup pot the bay leaf, thyme sprigs, paprika, and salt and pepper, to taste.
• Cook for about 7 to 8 minutes to begin to soften the vegetables.
• Sprinkle flour into the pot, stir and cook 1 minute.
• Stir in the stock and let it come up to a bubble and thicken up a bit.
• Then stir in cream, parsley and hot sauce, to taste, and simmer 5 minutes.
• Season the soup with salt and pepper and serve with crackers or popcorn to float on top.

HARVEST CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook bacon in 3-quart saucepan until crisp. Drain fat, reserving 3 tablespoons in saucepan. Cook onion and celery in bacon fat about 2 minutes; remove from heat.
• Stir in flour. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly; remove from heat.
• Stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute.
• Stir in pepper, corn and potatoes. Heat until hot. Stir in bacon. Sprinkle each serving with parsley.