Cream of sweetcorn soup

1. This will make a smooth and creamy soup.

2. finely chop the onion, garlic and chilli if being used.

3. melt the butter in a large pan, big enough to hold at least 4 litres of liquid.

4. fry the onion, garlic and chilli until soft or for about 10 mins on a low heat.

5. when soft add the vegeteable stock and the milk.

6. add the tinned sweetcorn including the water or if using cobs cut in half and bring to boil then simmer for 10 minutes.

7. we need to liquidize the mixture now.

8. when the corn has been simmered for 10 mins do 1 of 2 things. Strip the corn off the cob and add back to the pan of liquid and then add to the food processoror if you used tinned sweetcorn add the mixture to a food processor and blitz until smooth.

9. add the cream while blitzing in the processor

10. you will now need to pass the mixture through a fine wire sieve into a new clean pan. This will get rid of the sweetcorn husks and make the soup smooth.

11. put the pan back on the heat and simmer for another 10 mins and season with salt and pepper to your taste.

12. serve with lovely crusty buttered bread and enjoy...