Curried Sweetcorn Soup With Chilli Crab Crostinis

Preheat the oven to 200°C/ 180°C (fan)/ gas 6

Boil a kettle

Peel and finely slice your brown onion[s]

Peel and chop your potato[es] into large bite-sized pieces

Drain your sweetcorn

Heat a large pot, with a lid, with a drizzle of vegetable oil over a medium-high heat

Once hot, add the sliced onion and chopped potato to the pot with most of the drained sweetcorn (save some for a garnish!)

Add a generous pinch of salt and pepper and cook for 6-8 min or until the vegetables are beginning to soften

Meanwhile, cut your red chilli[es] in half lengthways, deseed (scrape the seeds out with a teaspoon) and chop finely

Trim, then finely slice your spring onion[s]

Chop your creamed coconut roughly (if required!)

Once the vegetables are softened, add your ginger & garlic paste and curry powder to the pot and cook for 1-2 min or until fragrant

Combine the chopped creamed coconut and vegetable stock mix with 500ml [750ml] [950ml] boiled water – this is your coconut stock

Once fragrant, add the coconut stock and 1/2 tbsp per person of your crab meat (you'll use the rest later!) to the pot and bring to the boil over a high heat

Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium and cook, covered, for 10-12 min or until the potato is fork-tender

Once the potato is fork-tender, blitz until smooth with a (stick) blender and season with a pinch of salt and pepper – this is your curried sweetcorn soup

Meanwhile, line a baking tray with baking paper, then slice your ciabatta[s] into 3 thin slices for per person, and add to the tray with a drizzle of olive oil

Put the tray in the oven for an initial 6 min

Combine your mayo and the remaining crab meat in a bowl with half the chopped chilli (can't handle the heat? Go easy!), a pinch of salt and a generous grind of pepper – this is your creamy crab mix

After an initial 6 min, remove the tray from the oven and top the ciabatta slices with the creamy crab mix

Return the tray to the oven for a further 4-5 min or until the ciabatta is golden – these are your chilli crab crostinis