MAIN INGREDIENTS
This thick, creamy seafood soup is traditionally made with lobster, shrimp, crab, or crayfish. Most bisque recipes usually start by making a rich broth by simmering the shells of whichever crustacean is being used with stock. The meat is then sautéed with herbs, onions, garlic, and occasionally other vegetables such as leek or carrot, after which the pan is deglazed with white wine, brandy, or sherry.
The broth and meat are then mixed together and simmered, after which the soup is puréed and finished with double cream and lemon. This delicious gourmet seafood soup is mild and filling, and is traditionally served in a double-handled cup or in a mug.
TIME
- Preparation time: 30 min
- Cooking time: 30 min
- Total time: 1 h
MAIN INGREDIENTS
This next recipe is adapted from the Her World website (www.herworld.com).
TIME
- Preparation time: 1 h
- Cooking time: 2 h 10 min
- Total time: 3 h 10 min
Prepared with only the freshest of Mediterranean fish and enriched with the flavors of Provençal herbs, this one-pot stew is traditionally served in two separate courses — the zesty fish broth is served first with a dollop of rich, garlicky rouille sauce and garlic-rubbed croûtons, while the fish is served separately.
Frédéric Mistral, French writer and lexicographer of the Occitan language, provided the most plausible etymological explanation of the word bouillabaisse, hypothesizing that it stems from the Provençal boui abaisso.
TIME
- Preparation time: 40 min
- Cooking time: 1 h 40 min
- Total time: 2 h 20 min
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