Corn Soup With Roasted Red Pepper Puree – Oracibo

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 ½ tsp. finely chopped fresh sage or ¾ tsp. dried, crumbled sage
• 4 cups corn kernels, from approximately 4 – 6 cobs of corn
• 2 Tbsp. unbleached flour
• 1 ½ cups chicken stock, either homemade (see below) or low-salt chicken broth
• 1 cup homogenized milk, not low fat
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 sweet red bell pepper, roasted, peeled & seeded (see below)
• 2 Tbsp. milk
• 1 tsp. minced jalapeno (or a pinch of cayenne pepper)
• ¼ tsp. each salt & freshly ground black pepper