California Avocado-Spiked Corn Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ quarts Chopped Onion
  • 1 ¼ quarts Diced celery
  • 2 Cups Coarsely shredded carrot
  • 1/3 Cups canola oil
  • 3 Pounds Yellow corn kernels
  • 1 ½ Tbsp Chopped, fresh thyme
  • 3 quarts water
  • salt - To taste
  • Freshly ground white pepper - To taste
  • cayenne pepper - To taste
  • 1/3 Cups or to taste, fresh lemon juice
  • 11 Hass Avocado|California avocados
  • carrot threads* - As needed for garnish

Directions

Method

Saute Onion, celery and carrot in oil until soft, about 10 minutes.

Stir in corn, thyme, water, and 1 teaspoon salt; simmer 20 minutes.

Coarsely puree mixture; return to pot.

Stir in salt, white pepper, and Cayenne to taste.

Remove from heat; stir in lemon juice.

Dice 8 Hass Avocado|California avocados; stir into soup.

Just Before Service

Slice remaining Hass Avocado|California avocados for garnish; spray with lemon juice and keep covered with plastic wrap.

Per Order

Heat 1 cup soup; garnish with Hass Avocado|California avocado slices and carrot threads.

* To make carrot threads, pull a zester down a large carrot.
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