Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup

This is the sort of soup best suited to the lean, cruel months of January and February. So it’s a bore that the very best sweetcorn is out of season. Still, use the imported stuff if it has sufficient sweetness. Or freeze a glut in the summer and autumn months. This is not the place for a stock cube: using my 5-hour stock will produce something that is rich, soothing and restorative.