Sweetcorn soup

I worship the fresh, tender sweetcorn of late summer and during its fleeting season will happily eat cobs for breakfast as well as lunch and dinner.

The Mayans believed that mankind was fashioned from maize kernels and I’m happy to go along with this. It seems only right, then, that this recipe takes a Mexican approach. It is a soup to give an aching jaw some rest from continual gnawing at cobs. Chipotle chilies (smoked jalapeños) are pretty easy to find, but if you can’t, use a goo