Souped Up

If you'll remember, I tried to make fresh tomato soup a few days ago but, despite the yummy ingredients, the soup got all the way up to blah. So, I asked the blog audience what they would do and got three really good suggestions, to which I added an idea I got from Moose's.

My Beloved and I are celebrating this week; he has had a rather significant business success. To celebrate, he took me to Moose's in North Beach (by the way, if you haven't tried it recently, it's spectacular!) and on the menu was a tomato-corn chowder. The chowder was really heavenly and it made me think about adding fresh sweet corn to my sad little soup.

First, I pureed the soup base. Then, we found some still-pearly fresh corn at Andronico's and added that. Namastenancy had suggested lime juice to perk up the recipe so I did a riff on that and added Meyer lemon juice (one lemon's worth to about four servings of soup) because I had one on hand that needed eating. I also swirled in some cream as Muffintop and Peggasus had suggested and the resulting soup is absolutely delicious!

The citrus sparked up the too-mild tomato base, the corn added some crunch and sweetness, and the cream sort of gentled the whole thing into a cohesive whole. Killer souped up soup, thanks to bloggers near and far, with a little assist from Moose!