Fresh Sugariness Corn Chowder Recipe

My parents alive inward the province surrounded past times a corn field.  Every twelvemonth my Mom asks my Dad to establish 'a couple' of rows of sweetness corn on the edge of the 'field corn' champaign that borders their yard. (For those of yous that don't know, champaign corn is a hardier corn, dissimilar than the sweetness corn nosotros eat.)  Every twelvemonth my Dad plants 12 rows of corn to a greater extent than or less the house.  The upshot is a truck-load total (literally) of sweetness corn.

While this used to endure a profitable side describe of piece of job concern for my sis together with I growing up, no i else seems to desire to pass hours together with hours picking corn inward 100 marking July/August to brand an extra $50... for the week.  Instead, my parents brand some telephone calls together with allow their friends together with neighbors know that "the corn is ready, come upwards choice what much yous need. Please!" 

Nevertheless, my parents all the same select buckets together with buckets of corn.  When you've tired of corn on the cob together with you've "put up" (meaning cooked together with frozen or canned) plenty for the entire year, what else tin post away yous create alongside all of that corn? 

As a novel New England resident, I decided to combine my 2 worlds : Midwest Sweet Corn & New England Chowder...

Fresh Corn Chowder  

6 ears of fresh corn (reserve some for garnishing)

iii slices bacon, chopped, browned

1/2 cup chopped onion (1 medium)

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour  

14-ounce can chicken broth

half dozen pocket-sized cherry-red potatoes, diced

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 1/2 cups one-half together with one-half (or heavy cream)

fresh basil for garnish

Begin past times cutting the kernels of off the fresh corn cobs past times standing the cobs on halt together with running a sudden knife along the cob.  

In a sauce pan, develop the bacon together with onion together until the bacon is crispy. Add the flour together with stir, cooking for 1 minute.  Pour inward chicken broth.  Stir until all of the flour has incorporated.  Add potatoes together with select to a boil.  Add salt, pepper together with half-and-half or cream.  Lower the estrus together with simmer until soup thickens slightly.  Add corn but 2-3 minutes earlier serving.  

*Optional.  The chowder is pictured equally a medium pureed soup.   If yous would similar to a greater extent than of a pureed soup, later on you've prepared the soup, pour into a blender together with puree until consistency is achieved.  I genuinely preferred it earlier I blended it, but either means is good!

Make this Fresh Sweet Corn Chowder purpose of a low-cal together with fresh dinner political party for friends...

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