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Fresh Corn Chowder

Sweet corn chowder built on a quick stock of the stripped cobs steeped with fennel and coriander, then simmered with potato, salt pork and milk and partly blended for a creamy body without cream.

  • YieldServes 6
  • Hands-on35 min
  • Total57 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 6ears of very fresh corn, husks and silks removed
  • 1.4 Llow-sodium chicken stock
  • 1 leafbay leaf
  • 1 tspfennel seeds
  • 1 tspcoriander seeds
  • 1 tspblack peppercorns
  • 115 gsalt pork or slab bacon, cut into 1 cm cubesoptional
  • 45 gunsalted butter
  • 1medium onion, finely diced
  • 2 clovesgarlic, minced
  • 225 grusset (floury) potatoes, 1 to 2, peeled and cut into 1 cm dice
  • to tastekosher salt
  • 475 mlwhole milk or half-and-half
  • to tastefreshly ground black pepper
  • to tastesugar, only if neededoptional
  • 3spring onions (scallions), thinly sliced

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Celery
  • Corn (maize)
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Fennel
  • Carrot
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Pork
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Blender

Season

  • Summer

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 2

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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