Soup is perfect January fare – after all the Christmas indulgence, we turn to healthy food which suits the fresh start of the New Year and soup feels like protection from the cold, dark days. This chowder is even better because the sunshine yellow of the corn, spiked with jewel like red and green adds a bit of colour and light to these dreary days.
This is a slightly unusual chowder in that the soup is blitzed to a smooth velvety liquid and then pan roasted sweetcorn, pepper and if you like, chilli, is stirred in at the end. This was primarily because my children still don’t like ‘bitty’ soups much but it turned out to be a great plan, the best of both worlds in one bowl!
Roasted Sweetcorn Chowder (dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, soya-free, sesame-free, gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan)
serves 4
- 1tbsp oil
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- 3 cobs of corn, kernels shaved off (you will need 4 in total for the recipe)
- 1 medium potato, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1/2 glass white wine
- 500ml vegetable stock
- 100ml oat milk, or dairy-free milk of choice
- Salt and pepper
To top:
- 1/2 red pepper, finely diced
- 1 cob of corn, shaved off
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped (optional)”
- Handful of parsley
– Sweat the onion in the oil until soft but not browned. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant.
– Stir in the fresh corn and thyme and continue to sizzle until it starts to look a little toasty and golden
– Add the potato
– Splash in the wine and scrape any residue off the bottom of the pan, reduce to almost nothing
– Pour in the stock and oat milk and simmer for about 15-20 minutes until the potato is well cooked.
– Blitz to a smooth soup
– Meanwhile, gently fry the pepper, extra corn and chilli (if using) in a splash of oil until sweet and slightly caramelised.
– Stir some through the soup, then use the rest as a topping with some parsley
16 Responses
Oh! This will be dinner tonight for sure! Thank you!
Did you make it? Hope you enjoyed if you did x
We did not (I have 2 little ones that ended up with stomach viruses and were really not up to any new foods all week) but I’m planning too very very soon! 🙂
The soup looks so inviting!
This chowder looks AMAZING. Great job Lucy 😀
Thank you! It was really tasty too! X
What a delicious and comforting soup! Thanks for showing that allergen-free foods don’t have to be free of flavor 🙂
Its a pleasure! Thank you for reading 🙂
Bookmarked for when I’m feeling a bit better! Looks delicious! 🙂
Thank you x
I will be giving this a go in place of my usual pumpkin soup – can I use whole cream standard milk?
Absolutely 🙂
This looks delicious. From one who loves to try new recipes, this will surely be added to the collection of recipes and tried when fresh corn is in season. Possibly use frozen without altering the flavors? Thanks for sharing!
Frozen would work perfectly too x
I made it & loved it so much! I served it with baked corn tortilla chips!
Great idea x