Sweet Corn Bisque with Crispy Bacon
This quick and easy to make sweet corn bisque is creamy and cozy. Topped with crispy little bits of salty bacon it's guaranteed to warm your soul and get your taste buds dancing!
Ingredients
- Fresh Corn Kernels, reserve cobs optional · 4 cups
- Bacon, small diced · 6-8 piece
- Butter · 4 tablespoons
- Sweet Onion, diced · 1 cup
- Shallot, minced · 1
- All Purpose Flour · 1 tablespoon
- Dry Sherry Wine · 2 tablespoons
- Chicken Broth · 2 cups
- Herbie's Bouquet Garni Seasoning · 1 tablespoon
- Heavy Cream · 1/4 cup
- Salt & Pepper, to taste ·
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven or soup pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add the diced bacon and cook until all the fat is rendered and the bacon is nice and crispy. Remove from the pot with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel. Keep the rendered bacon fat in the pot and add onion, shallot, and a pinch of salt, cook for about 5 minutes, stirring often.
- Sprinkle in flour and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add sherry and stir until mostly evaporated.
- Slowly add chicken broth, stirring. Add Herbie's Bouquet Garni Seasoning and fresh corn kernels. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook 10 minutes, until corn is tender. Remove from the heat and pour about half of the soup into a high speed blender.
- Blend until mostly smooth, leaving some texture. Return to pot with the other half of the soup and marry them together. Stir in cream. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Jenny's Tip: - Serve immediately and top with crumbled crispy bacon.
