Creamy Sweetcorn Chowder

Name: Creamy Sweetcorn Chowder
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 stock cubes; 1 leek, washed and finely chopped; 2 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped; 5 medium potatoes, peeled and diced into 2 cm cubes; salt and freshly ground black pepper; a handful fresh parsley, very finely chopped; 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter; 2 fresh sweetcorn cobs (or 1 x 340 g tin, drained)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seasonal Soups

By Fraser Reid

Published 2019

About

This is a really good, thick soup that makes the most of fresh Scottish sweetcorn. Out of season you can use tinned sweetcorn and it will be nearly as good – just add it at the end of the cooking time and let it heat through.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil or butter
1 leek, washed and finely chopped
2 f

Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Autumn
September
Soup

Method

Heat a pot on a medium-low heat and add the oil or butter. Fry the leek gently for 10 minutes.

Using a sharp knife, slice the sweetcorn kernels off the cobs. Add the fresh corn kernels, potatoes and carrots to the pot and give it a good stir.

Pour in 1.2 litres of boiling water, thr