Chilled Sweet Corn Soup With Crab And Avocado Salad Recipes

CHILLED CORN SOUP WITH AVOCADO AND CRAB RECIPE

Steps:

• Shuck the corn and trim rough ends. Cut cobs into 2 or 3 chunks. Combine the coconut milk, 1 cup water, serrano chilies, green onions and 1 teaspoon sea salt in a large pot. Stir to combine, add the corn and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the corn is very tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove the corn from the pan using a slotted spoon, reserving the liquid, and let the corn stand until cool enough to handle. Reserve 2 pieces of corn for garnish. Scrape the kernels off the remaining cobs with a knife. Place the kernels in a blender, add the contents of the pan and puree until smooth, adding more water if needed to reach the right soupy consistency.
• Strain the puree through a sieve into a clean bowl; discard the solids. Season with salt and pepper to taste and chill until very cold. Scrape the kernels off the 2 reserved cobs and chill.
• Just before serving, juice half the lime over the crab in a small bowl. Squeeze a few drops from the other lime half over the avocado in a second bowl, and toss each mixture well. Squeeze the remaining lime juice into the soup and stir. Taste soup again and adjust seasoning if necessary.
• To serve, ladle the soup into bowls and top with crab, avocado and the chilled corn kernels. Garnish with cilantro.

CHILLED SWEET CORN BROTH WITH CRAB AND AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and celery and saute for 5 minutes. Stir in the corn, thyme, and water and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the thyme sprigs. Remove the soup in batches to a blender and puree until smooth. Strain the soup through a fine sieve. Season with salt and white pepper. Add slightly more salt than needed to compensate for the cold serving temperature. Cover and chill for 3 hours or longer. Divide the Crab and Avocado Salad between 6 chilled bowls. Arrange the salad in a ring in each bowl. Spoon the soup into the center. Garnish with chopped fresh chives, freshly ground white pepper and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.
• Whisk the orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, and olive oil in a bowl. Season with salt and white pepper. Fold in the crab meat and avocados. Adjust seasonings. Cover and chill.

CHILLED SWEET CORN SOUP WITH CRAB & AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• CORN SOUP: Heat olive oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion & celery; sprinkle with salt & pepper & sauté until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add 5 cups of water, corn kernels, & thyme sprigs. Bring to boil, reduce heat to med-low, & simmer until corn is very tender, about 20-25 minutes. Cool, discard thyme. Puree soup in pot with hand blender (or in batches in blender) until smooth. Pour soup through strainer set over large bowl, pressing on solids in strainer to release liquid. Discard solids in strainer. Thin with more water if desired. Season with salt & pepper. Cover & chill until cold (at least 4 hours). CRAB & AVOCADO SALAD: Whisk orange juice, 1/4 cup olive oil, lime juice, & lemon juice in large bowl. Fold crab & avocados into dressing. Mound salad in center or bowls. Ladle soup around salad. Sprinkle with chives, drizzle with olive oil & serve.

CHILLED CORN SOUP WITH CRAB AND CHILE OIL

Steps:

• Cook corn in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl of ice and cold water to chill ears quickly. When cold, cut off kernels and scrape cobs over a bowl to extract juice, then purée in batches in a blender with milk, salt, and pepper. Force purée through a very fine sieve into a bowl (discard solids) and stir in chives.
• Cut crab shell with kitchen shears and extract meat, then cut into 1/4-inch pieces.
• Serve soup drizzled with chile oil and sprinkled with crabmeat.

CHILLED AVOCADO SOUP WITH CRAB MEAT SALAD

Steps:

• To make the soup, puree the avocados and garlic in a food processor until smooth. Place in a bowl and whisk in the buttermilk and milk or cream until desired consistency is reached. Depending on the avocado, more or less milk or cream may be needed. Add salt and pepper and chill.
• To make the crab meat salad, combine the lime juice, mustard and salt and pepper in a bowl. Whisk in the olive oil. Stir in the capers and peppercorns. Add the crab meat and toss. Adjust the seasoning and chill.
• Ladle the soup into 6 bowls, add dollops of crab meat salad and garnish with cilantro leaves.

CHILLED CORN AND CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add corn, and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in onion. Let cool.
• Whisk together lemon juice and sugar. Drizzle in remaining tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons oil, whisking until combined.
• Combine corn-onion mixture, chile, crabmeat, and basil. Gently stir in lemon dressing, salt, and pepper. Cover, and refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes (or up to 2 hours). Serve garnished with basil leaves.

CHILLED CORN SOUP WITH SHRIMP AND AVOCADO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook about 3 minutes, stirring, until translucent. Add corn, milk and 2 1/2 cups water. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, about 45 minutes.
• Process soup in a blender or food processor or with an immersion blender until as smooth as possible. Pour through a fine mesh strainer over a bowl, pressing firmly with the back of a wooden spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard solids. Refrigerate liquid, covered, at least 2 hours.
• Meanwhile, bring a pot of water to a boil. Add the shrimp and cook until they just begin to float. Drain and place in a bowl of ice and water. When chilled, drain, peel and devein the shrimp, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. Combine in a bowl with the avocado, shallots and basil. Season with salt, 1 tablespoon oil, paprika, the juice of 1 lemon and zest of 1/2 lemon.
• Divide the soup among 4 bowls. Top each with a portion of the shrimp mixture. Drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil.

CHILLED AVOCADO SOUP TOPPED WITH CRAB

Steps:

• GUACAMOLE:.
• Preheat a grill pan.
• In a small bowl, toss the scallions, garlic and jalapeno with the vegetable oil.
• Grill over moderately high heat, turning occasionally, until charred all over, 3-5 minutes.
• Transfer to a work surface and let cool.
• Finely chop the scallions and jalapeno; transfer to medium bowl.
• Peel the garlic cloves, mash them to a paste and add them to the bowl.
• Scoop the avocado flesh into the bowl and coarsely mash with a fork.
• Fold the cilantro and lime juice into the guacamole; season with salt & pepper (make sure you don't over-season because there is more salt & pepper in the soup!).
• CHILLED AVOCADO SOUP TOPPED WITH CRAB:.
• In a blender, puree the guacamole with the cold buttermilk, bottled clam juice, ice water and lime juice.
• Season the soup with salt and pepper.
• Pour the soup into 4 bowls and top with the jumbo lump crab meat.
• Garnish each bowl of soup with creme fraiche, fried tortilla strips and finely chopped chives.