“Cacio e Pepe” Corn Chowder | Food Wishes

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Hello, this is Chef John from foodwishes.com with Kacio a pepe corn chowder.

That's right. I'm not going to tell you that kacio a pepe is actually better on corn than it is on pasta. Oh no. What I'd rather do is have you make this and then tell me that. But either way, this was one of the best corn soups I've had in recent memory.

And to get started, if you're using fresh corn, which I really hope you are, we can do the optional step of placing our corn cobs after we remove the kernels into our chicken broth. And then we'll also add in some

nice cold fresh water. And we will bring this up to a simmer on high heat. And yes, I cut these cobs in half so they'd fit better in this small pan. But it really doesn't matter as long as you can fit them in your cooking liquid. And once that comes up to a boil, we'll reduce our heat to low. And we'll let this simmer gently for about an hour, which is plenty of time to extract lots of corny goodness.

And while I can't tell you exactly how much extra flavor

this is going to provide, I do know it's more than none. And since the cobs come free with the corn, why not do it? But anyway, I'm going to move that to the back of the stove while we start the actual soup, which involves adding some diced up panetta to some olive oil in a soup pot set over medium heat. And what we'll do is cook that stirring for like four or five minutes or until the fat renders out.