South African Corn Chowder

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Cooking Time:

Ingredients:

• 1 large sliced onion
• 4-6 diced rashers of bacon
• 2 peeled & diced potatoes
• 1 sliced green pepper
• 3 chopped sticks of celery
• 3 shredded, outer leaves of lettuce
• 1 Tbsp of flour
• 500 ml milk
• 1 410g can of creamed sweetcorn
• Breadcrumbs, to taste
• Mature cheddar cheese, to taste
• Salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions:

• Stir fry the onion and bacon until onion is transparent.
• Add the potatoes, green pepper, celery, leaves of lettuce and stir-fry for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle on the flour, and then gradually add the milk stirring continually. Bring slowly to a boil.
• Add the creamed sweetcorn and salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste.
• Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender.
• Pour into ovenproof dish and sprinkle bread crumbs and mature cheddar cheese and brown in oven.

If you add more milk, this makes a wonderful belly-filling soup.