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Jump to recipe if you like, but be sure to read the whole post for instructional photos & other tips.Summer Corn Soup with Grilled Shrimp Sriracha Salsa. A perfect starter course for summer dinner parties or as a tasty light lunch with a side salad.
Summer Corn Soup with Grilled Shrimp Sriracha Salsa
Originally published Sept 2015.
KitchenAid has sponsored this post.
With sweet corn season upon us and a super simple, Summer Corn Soup recipe already in mind, I was delighted to be asked by KitchenAid to review their brand new Torrent ™ Blender. Admittedly, I was very intrigued to see the new Magnetic Drive technology in action, which not only securely holds the blender pitcher in place but also provides the power that moves the blades.
The Magnetic Drive means that the bottom of the pitcher is completely flat with no seals to leak, which is a big bonus in my mind too. With a die cast metal body, a 1.8 HP motor capable of speeds up to 18,000 RPM, this machine certainly sounded more than capable of all blender tasks.
Pureed Soup
A pureed soup seemed the perfect choice to test this product because I consider that to be one of the most challenging tasks for any blender. Like many, I’ve experienced mini disasters with pureed soups that pop the cover off a blender and splash over the counter top because you have started to blend it on too high a speed setting.
All of that is avoided in the Torrent blender using a front loading design with an added safety locking mechanism. This blender is very stable with none of the rocking at higher speeds that you see in some blenders, where it’s necessary to put your hand on top to steady it. A pre-programmed soup and sauce mode is one of the dedicated settings on the Torrent blender and in my experience it worked like a charm.
As someone who loves to make things like homemade mayonnaise, aioli and hummus, another feature that I particularly loved about the Torrent blender is the ingredient feed at the top which allows for easy addition of ingredients at any time while still blending. The opening is also a little wider and more practical in actual use than the hole in the cover you typically see in other blenders. Because the motor is at the back of the Torrent blender and not in the base, it has a lower height profile which easily fit under my older style cupboards; that has been a problem for me in the past. The lower profile also means the ingredient feed is more accessible and easier to use.
Summer Corn Soup with Grilled Shrimp Sriracha Salsa
Summer Corn Soup
The soup recipe that I tried in the Torrent blender turned out perfectly silky smooth and delicious. Some corn soup recipes I’ve read call for the soup to be pressed through a sieve to ensure that it is perfectly smooth. That was completely unnecessary with the Torrent blender, meaning that all the flavour, nutrition and healthy fiber remain in the soup where it belongs.
I love that the front loading design means the blender pitcher can be accessed almost as easily as the carafe in a coffee maker. At only 16 inches high it will fit under almost all standard cabinets and at 7 1/2 inches wide will not take up a lot of valuable space on the counter top; all while looking very sleek and beautiful. It looks terrific next to my KitchenAid stand mixer and food processor.
Grilled Shrimp Skewers
In both design and function, the Torrent Blender exceeded my expectations. It crushed ice with ease, perfectly pureed my soup and made a smooth, splatter-free mayonnaise in my tests. I’m looking forward to years of great use from my innovative and stylish Torrent Blender.
The perfect addition to this Summer Corn Soup.
As for this terrific summer soup, you can easily use frozen sweet corn whenever fresh is not available, it will still be delicious. This soup would make an ideal starter course for summer get-togethers or pair it with grilled shrimp or chicken skewers or a side salad for a light lunch. Grilled Shrimp Skewers
Here, I’ve taken one of the grilled shrimp skewers and chopped the components along with adding some some fresh chives and a little hot sriracha sauce to make a delicious salsa which you can add to the soup when serving. The slightly charred, smoky flavours are incredibly complementary with the sweet soup and provide great textural difference, making the soup much more satisfying when serving as a main course at lunch. A simple grilled vegetable salsa would be a tasty vegetarian option as well.
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