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Caribbean Corn Soup

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • Handful of thyme removed from stalks
  • 6 celery stalks cut in 1" pieces
  • 2 medium onions diced
  • 2 ears corn kernels removed
  • 4 ears corn cut into 1" pieces
  • 6 cups unsalted vegetable stock
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 tsp ground allspice
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 2 scotch bonnet peppers

Equipment & Utensils

  • Large stock pot
  • Immersion blender or conventional blender

Instructions

  • Heat oil in stock pot on high heat.
  • Add garlic and thyme and sauté until flavors are released.
  • Add celery and onions and sauté some more, again, until flavors release.
  • Add corn kernels, mix thoroughly, then add slices of corn.
  • Lower heat to medium and cover stock pot.
  • Allow to cook for 5 mins.
  • Add vegetable stock, coconut milk, allspice, salt and pepper.
  • Mix thoroughly, then raise heat to high until bubbling.
  • Stir again then lower to simmer.
  • Add peppers in the center of the pot and cover.
  • Cook for 1 hour, checking and stirring occasionally.
  • Be careful when you stir, you want the peppers to stay in tact.
  • Once the hour has passed, carefully remove peppers and sliced corn pieces and set aside.
  • With an immersion blender, blend until you arrive at a purée consistency.
  • Return corn slices and stir, then taste.
  • Apply additional seasoning according to taste.
  • Give a final stir, if additional seasoning is necessary.
  • Serve when ready.

Notes

If you do not have an immersion blender, you can use a heat proof blender, or allow soup ingredients to cool if you are unsure whether your blender can tolerate heated liquid.
Just remember to reheat once puréed.
Remember to do your best to avoid bursting the scotch bonnet peppers, as the seeds will bring the spice scale up considerably. But if the peppers do burst, remove peppers and seeds immediately using ether a slotted spoon or small sieve.