Recipe - Spicy Sweet Corn And Poblano Soup

3 md Sweet onions; chopped
3 lg Garlic cloves; minced
2 tablespoon Vegetable oil; plus
1 teaspoon Vegetable oil
One half Fresh jalapeno chile
2 Fresh poblano chilies;
roasted, peeled
3 Corn ears; kernels removed
And reserved with cobs
One fourth teaspoon Ground coriander
One fourth teaspoon Ground cumin
Salt; to taste
Freshlyground black pepper;
to taste
6 cup Chicken broth
1 cup Heavy cream
Several dashes hot pepper
sauce
2 tablespoon Fresh lime juice; or to
taste
1 Red bell pepper; roasted,
peeled
2 tablespoon Chopped fresh cilantro

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a 6quart heavy kettle cook the onion and
garlic in 2 tablespoons oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened.
Reserve about one third of the onions and garlic in a small bowl. Wearing
rubber gloves, slice jalapeno and chop roasted poblanos (about 1 cup). To
onions in kettle add jalapeno and 1 cup corn kernels and cook over moderate
heat, stirring, 2 minutes. Add ground spices, One half 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 saute remaining kernels in remaining
teaspoon oil over moderatelyhigh heat, stirring, just until tender.
Discard corn cobs from soup. Stir the cream and hot pepper sauce into soup.
Pour soup through a sieve into a bowl and in a blender puree solids with
just enough liquid to make smooth. Transfer puree and remaining liquid to a
kettle add lime juice and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally,
just until heated through. Chop roasted bell pepper. Add the bell pepper,
remaining poblanos, reserved onions, sauteed corn, and chopped cilantro.
Cook until heated through and serve. This recipe yields 8 cups.

Recipe Source: COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton Recipe adapted from Gourmet
Magazine and Catahoula Restaurant From the TV FOOD NETWORK (Show #
CL9129 broadcast 05141998) Downloaded from their WebSite
http://www.foodtv.com

Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD jpmd44a@prodigy.com
~or MADSQUAD@prodigy.net

11181998

Recipe by: Sara Moulton

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