Stock Market 101: (it's) CORNsommé 🌽
it's got the juice! I can't imagine a more beautiful thing 🎶
This is Volume 6 (!) of Stock Market 101. The backbone to any soup, the world of stock is endless and varied. We’ve covered Roasted Chicken Stock, we’ve covered Veggie Stock, we’ve covered A Whole Chicken, we’ve smoked up the whole house and made Charred Stock, we’ve extracted the very soul of tomatoes to make Tomato Essence… Today, before we veer back into the realm of richer stocks come Fall, we’re looking to another late-summer starlet: Sweetcorn!
Just when I thought I’d exhausted the world of boneless stock, another vegetable came to the rescue: sweetcorn! Late summer (you heard me, summer isn’t over til the 22nd of September) is the best time for corn - it’s had all summer to ripen into bright yellow juicy “big lumps with knobs” (unlike the ghostly candidates you can find year-round). Freezing summer produce (in any form) is the best way to time travel, and knock out those winter blues. You’ll thank yourself in February!
On the docket today:
Sweetcorn Stock (Cornsommé)
Cornsommé Noodle Soup
Cornsommé Pearl Couscous
Cornsommé Risotto
NB: I know that the term corn-sommé is false and misleading, since consommé is broth/stock that has been clarified to remove fat and sediment. It just sounds cute!
Sweetcorn Stock
