Seafood Bisque

Name: Seafood Bisque
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup minced shallot; 1/2 lb butter; 1/2 cup flour; 1 quart water; 1 tbsp chicken base; 14 oz baby clam in juice; 1/2 lb uncooked shrimp; 1/3 lb cod in one piece; 1/3 lb salmon in one piece; 2/3 lb cooked crab meat, chopped; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 cup half and half; 1/2 cup sherry wine; 1 salt and pepper to taste

Michel Rivas @cook_3567989

Simple and deliciously rich recipe! The seafood aroma is a defining characteristic of this bisque.

Michel Rivas @cook_3567989

Simple and deliciously rich recipe! The seafood aroma is a defining characteristic of this bisque.

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Ingredients

35 mins

8 servings

1/2 cupminced shallot
1/2 lbbutter
1/2 cupflour
1 quartwater
1 tbspchicken base
14 ozbaby clam in juice
1/2 lbuncooked shrimp
1/3 lbcod in one piece
1/3 lbsalmon in one piece
2/3 lbcooked crab meat, chopped
1 cupheavy cream
1 cuphalf and half
1/2 cupsherry wine
1salt and pepper to taste

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Steps

35 mins

1

Sauté minced shallots in butter until soft.
2

Add the flour and stir with whisk for 5 minutes on low heat, set aside.
3

Bring one quart of water to a boil and add chicken base, clams, crab, shrimp and whole pieces of salmon and cod.
4

Return to boil, lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
5

Strain the stock, reserving the seafood.
6

Stir the shallot mixture into the stock.
7

Add the heavy cream and half and half to the stock, bring to a simmer on low heat and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
8

Chunk the salmon and cod and add all of the seafood back into the soup pot.
9

Add the sherry and heat through, no more than 3 minutes.