Hot Corn Soup (with photo)

[farfallina]

Hot Corn Soup:

Ingredients:
20g butter or margarine
150g leek, chopped into thin slices
10g hot pepper paste
40g flour
1000g water
30g Thermomix meat or veggie stock
250g canned corn
150g tomatoes, seeds removed, chopped into cubes
100g red pepper, seeds removed, chopped into small pieces
100g cream
A pinch of sugar
Salt, black pepper
8-10 basil leaves, chopped

Preparation:
    * Melt butter for 2 minutes at 90°C on Speed 2
    * Add leek and saute for 3 minutes at 100°C on Reverse/Speed 1
    * Add hot pepper paste and flour. Mix for 30 seconds on Reverse/Speed 1
    * Add water and Thermomix stock. Cook for 8 minutes at 100°C on Reverse/Speed 1
    * Add corn and cook for 3 minutes at 100°C on Reverse/Speed 1
    * Add tomatoes and red pepper. Cook for 10 minutes at 100°C on Reverse/Speed 1
    * Add cream, sugar, black pepper and salt (if needed). Cook for 3 minutes at 100°C on Reverse/Speed 1
    * Serve into bowls and decorate with chopped basil leaves

Enjoy!


It is adapted from a recipe in Sofra Magazine with some modifications


Photos: http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.com/2010/09/hot-corn-soup.html

[judydawn]

What is hot pepper paste farfallina?  Do you mean something like sambal oelek (chilli paste)?

[farfallina]

As all we know tomato paste is a thick paste made of tomatoes
This one is a thick paste made of red peppers instead
There are 2 kinds in Turkey as hot and sweet pepper pastes
It looks like tomato paste but the taste is different and stronger
I like it a lot

I don't easily find it around here so I buy from Turkey when I go there

You can find it if there is a shop that sells Turkish groceries as hopefulcook did

Fantastic, thanks farfallina I am looking forward to trying more of your recipes. I cooked the Evlan Kiz Corba and my Mum and DH both loved it - tasted very 'authentic'. I am also excited I found a distributor selling Turkish groceries including red pepper paste and olives. I hope you enjoy Istanbul I was there Feb 09 and still miss it so much! I'll keep checking here and your blog for new recipes. Cok Tessekular Ederim!

When I don't have it I try to substitute by using tomato paste and chili powder or red pepper flakes. It wouldn't be the same but desperate times call for desperate measures

For more info you can check out the following links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biber_sal%C3%A7as%C4%B1
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2009/01/global_pantry_turkish_red_pepp.php

[Thermomixer]

Great farfallina - like a corn chowder