Lobster Bisque is a classic entree of French origin. It's a creamy, smooth and flavorful soup based on a strained broth from lobsters. But you could also use the same method with crabs, shrimps or crayfish.
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 55 mins
Total Time 1 hr 15 mins
Recipe Category Non-Vegetarian
Servings 6
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Ingredients
- Lobster tail - 4
- Butter - 2tbsps
- Olive oil - 1tbsp
- Onion finely chop - 1 pc
- Carrot peeled & chopped - 2 pcs
- Celery stalk nicely chop - 2
- Freshly chopped thyme - 1tsp
- Freshly tarragon chopped - 1tsp
- salt - 1/2 tsp
- Black pepper crushed - 1/4 tsp
- Cayenne Pepper - 1/2 tsp
- Garlic minced - 4 pcs
- Tomato paste - 2 tbsps
- Flour - 3 tbsps
- White wine - 1 1/4 cup
- Seafood stock/lobster stock - 4 cups
- Heavy cream - 1 cup
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Instructions
- 1. Fill a pot with 6 cups of water, stir with 1 tsp of sea salt. Bring it to boil.
- 2. Put your lobster tails, cover with lid & let your water boil for 5-6 minutes.
- 3. After you see your lobster is getting bright red in color remove it from water and let it cool for awhile whereas keep your water on a same pot.
- 4. Roast the head and tail of lobster at 180 degree for 8-10 minutes. After that add your lobster shell on a same water of lobster. Bring to boil, reduce heat to medium-low and let it simmer for a 15minutes to extract as much flavors as you can.
- 5. Besides, take the meat of lobster and start chopping in a bite sized then refrigerate.
- 6. Take a large pot, put it on a low flame. Add lob of butter and touch of oil on it to balance the temperature.
- 7. The mirepoix like carrot, celery, onion & fresh herbs add on a pot stirring occassionally to sweat it out.
- 8. Season your mirepoix with salt & pepper, garlic mince then cook it till its golden in color for 2 minutes.
- 9. Add tomato paste mixing with rest of the vegetables. Add flour to coat the veggies for almost 2 minutes.
- 10. Put 1 cup of white wine, cook it on a slow fire and till it reduces to half.
- 11. Cook with wine for 30 minutes until the liquid has been thicker slightly and flavors have been blended.
- 12. Take off from the heat, transfer mixture to a blender and blend it smoothly.
- 15. After blended pass it through a sieve . Then put the mixture again on a clean pot then add cream stirring frequently. Finish your bisque with seasoning and balancing the consistency of the liquid not too thick and not so thinner.
Notes
#. The recipe above need more attention while you prepare at home. Its a moderate type of recipe not so easiest and neither too hard. If you are seafood or lobster fan definitely you are going to love it.
*Calorie: 386kal
*Carbohydrates: 16g
*Protein: 17g
*Fat:21g
Also read: History of lobster bisque.
Recipe Tags creativity food lovers french cuisine