Corn And Bacon Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 ears corn (silk removed but still on the cob)
• 2 pints water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 slices bacon, chopped
• 3 potatoes, peeled
• salt
• pepper
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Recipe

• 1 cook the corn in simmering water for about 10 minutes.
• 2 remove the corn from the water with tongs.
• 3 strip the kernels from the cobs and set the kernels aside.
• 4 chop the stripped cobs into 3 or 4 pieces and put them back into the simmering water.
• 5 continue to simmer them for about an hour to make a good corn stock.
• 6 drain the stock into a bowl through a fine strainer – there is usually some silk left in the water- and reserve it.
• 7 melt the butter in a saucepan.
• 8 add the chopped onions, the garlic and the bacon and soften them over a gentle heat.
• 9 chop the potatoes into½ inch dice and add them to the pan.
• 10 let them take up a little of the butter& onion flavour.
• 11 add the reserved corn stock and the corn kernels (and additional water if necessary).
• 12 cook until the potatoes are soft.
• 13 allow the soup to cool and then blend lightly.
• 14 season to taste, top with parsley and serve.