- Why did the cream curdle?
- If you pour it into hot, acidic soup. There's no acid here, but tempering (ladling a little hot soup into the cream first) always helps.
Creamy sweetcorn soup
The natural sweetness and starch content of corn make this soup thick and creamy without needing flour thickeners. The emulsion of cream smooths the texture into velvet.
Ingredients
400
g
Sweetcorn (kernels, tinned or frozen)
30
g
Butter
1
whole
Onion
1
clove
Garlic
200
ml
Single cream or Cooking cream
750
ml
Vegetable stock
5
g
Salt
1
g
White pepper
1
bunch
Fresh parsley
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Equipment Needed
- Stick blender
- Sieve (if you like it very smooth)
Allergen Information
Milk
Celery
Instructions
1
✓
Sauté the onion in the butter, but do not brown it.
Tip: If it browns, it discolours the yellow soup.
2
✓
Add the sweetcorn and stock, cook until soft (approx. 10 minutes).
Tip: The corn starch cooks into the liquid, thickening it.
3
✓
Blend until smooth, then add the cream and warm through.
Tip: After blending, you can sieve it if you don't like corn skins.
4
✓
Season with salt and white pepper.
Tip: White pepper has a milder flavour and doesn't show black specks in the soup.
Recipe FAQ
Ingredients
- 400 g Sweetcorn (kernels, tinned or frozen)
- 30 g Butter
- 1 whole Onion
- 1 clove Garlic
- 200 ml Single cream or Cooking cream
- 750 ml Vegetable stock
- 5 g Salt
- 1 g White pepper
- 1 bunch Fresh parsley