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The Latino Express—Nigella’s sweetcorn chowder

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I have been searching for this recipe for sweetcorn chowder, from Nigella’s latino recipes from her Express episode shown last night. I only have a basic guide to it, I am sure this would be great to make to serve in my new denby soup bowls  

Sweet Corn Chowder ~

 500g Frozen sweetcorn defrosted
3 spring onions
3tbs level of semolina
1 Clove of garlic
Just under 1 litre of water
A few glugs of concentrated veg stock. (amounts kindly provided by sammyb  thanks :)

gentle fry the chopped spring onions with a chopped clove of garlic, drain off oil

place the sweetcorn, spring onions, garlic and veg stock with water in blender

  Once blended place it all back into pan, add semilona, bring to boil and simmer. ( thanks Nicola, for all your tips :)

place the soup in the blender and then serve with tortillas and cheese 

 

 

October 30, 2007 - Posted by pennypincher | Nigella Lawson, cookery, food, lunch ideas, retro collection, soups/starters | | 12 Comments

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  1. Hi I jotted this recipe down last night whilst watching so I can give you the quantities
    You will need:
    500g Frozen sweetcorn defrosted
    3 spring onions
    3tbs level of semolina
    1 Clove of garlic
    Just under 1 litre of water
    A few glugs of concentrated veg stock.

    Hope this helps. I’m gonna be making this tomorrow as sounds delish.

    Comment by Sammyb | October 30, 2007

  2. I think she used a whole bag of sweetcorn 500grams and 3 tablespoons semolina? I think we need to buy the book!

    Comment by Marianne | October 30, 2007

  3. Thanks Marianne. I have asked for the book for chrismas!

    Comment by Megan | October 31, 2007

  4. thanks sammyb, I have pasted them in, your a star! let us know what its like?

    Comment by Megan | October 31, 2007

  5. I’m fairly sure she blended everything before cooking it - I remember her saying something like “I don’t want to be blending hot liquid at stress-o-clock” She didn’t cook the onions - I specifically remember them being cut into thirds raw and put into the blender. Ditto for the garlic.

    Comment by Nicola | November 1, 2007

  6. Thanks so much for jotting down this recipe, I trusted the BBC to provide the recipes and was sadly let down.

    I’m sure she blended everything - corn, garlic and onions before cooking. I specifically remember her saying something like “I don’t want to be blending hot liquid at stress-o-clock”

    Comment by Nicola | November 1, 2007

  7. hi nicola, thank you for your additions to this recipe. I am doing it tommorow for lunch. will let you know how it turns out :)

    Comment by Megan | November 2, 2007

  8. Hi, I made this chowder yesterday it was a great hit. In hindsight next time, I won’t use as many spring onions as they made it a bit strong, but that is just my personal preferance.
    It is really quick and easy to make and hardly cost anything.

    Comment by Megan | November 4, 2007

  9. According to my book 1kg of frozen sweetcorn, 3 spring onions trimmed and halved, 1 garlic clove, 35g semolina, 1.5liters vegetable stock, 400g tortilla chips, 200g grated cheese, optional two chopped deseeded chillies sprinkled over.

    You just put stuff in a magimix without cooking and blitz till “speckled primrose”. How exactly its supposed to go primrose when its all yellow? But I turned into an appropriate mush.

    Then add to a pan with the vegetable stock. Bring to a boil and simmer for ten minutes.

    Meanwhile put the tortilla chips in an oven with the cheese sprinkled over till toasty and melted. Carefully float a layer of tortilla chips onto each bowl of soup. Sprinkle the chopped chilli over the top.

    This is a lot of tortilla chips, I wonder if they made a mistake. One of those big bags is just 200g so this is two large bags of chips. I used half and it was still more than ample.

    Everyone said they would rather I had left the chilli off even though I used a small ammount.

    It was very easy and quick to make. Though without the tortilla chips its basically a bowl of creamed corn and with them it makes you realise why she served them to teenagers. But everyone did said they would eat it again without the chillies. She suggested using unsalted chips on the show, I would of but could not find them, do they exist?

    Comment by ff | November 6, 2007

  10. Good that I got the Roquemole recipe from your site but are you not a bit over the top with all the food recipes/menu planning etc? I’m a bit more of a ‘ready steady cook’ girl. ie whatever is in the fridge/cuboard is going to have to feed the 6 of us somehow.
    I only ‘menu plan’ for supper parties/friends etc. Maybe your hubby gets a better deal!

    Comment by Pip | November 6, 2007

  11. pip, I know I am a menu nerd, But I have a really stressful full time job and I find that by menu planning, I always know what we are going to eat and it does not distract me from my job. By planning a week ahead, also means that I can order online and I don’t overspend by going to the supermarket all the time.
    Have you been on the old stlye thread on money saving expert, they all menu plan on there!! By saving money this way, I plan to pay my mortgage off early :)

    Comment by Megan | November 7, 2007

  12. ff, i have never seen unsalted ones either, I am still looking for the blue ones!!

    Comment by Megan | November 7, 2007

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