Another Delicious Soup Recipe

This afternoon I felt like soup but I just couldn't quite put my finger on the type that I felt like. I was staring into the fridge and freezer as you do when you're hungry and a saw a bag of frozen corn and the idea popped into my head!

Chowder first originated in America and is basically a milk based soup. It is usually made with seafood, most commonly clams, but I decided to go for a meat option and used bacon. I was pleasantly surprised and definitely recommend giving this recipe a try

Corn Chowder:

Ingredients: (Serves 4)

• 1 celery stalk
• 1 medium onion
• 1 ½ tablespoons butter
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme 
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 3 cups (1%) milk
• 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into little cubes
• A small bunch spring onions
• 2 cups frozen corn
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
• 200g streaky bacon 
• Salt and Pepper









Ingredients

 Method:

1. Chop the onion and the celery.
2. Heat the butter in a medium saucepan, over a medium heat. Add the onion and the celery and saute until brown. While the vegetables are cooking peel and cube the potatoes, and fry the bacon.
3. Pour the flour over the vegetables and fry for a few more minutes (at this stage you may need to add a bit more butter).
4. Pour in the milk and add the potatoes. Bring to the boil and carry on stirring so the soup doesn't stick to the pot. It should take about 10 minutes for the potatoes to cook
5. Meanwhile, thinly slice the spring onions. When the potatoes are cooked add the corn, bacon and the spring onions.
6. Bring the soup back up to the boil and sprinkle on some thinly sliced spring onion and crispy bacon bits
7. serve with fresh crusty bread.

Ready to enjoy!

 This recipe was adapted from a Jamie Oliver recipe.