Corn And Crab Bisque

Category: Soups, Stews and Chili

Cuisine: American

Ready in 30 minutes

Ingredients

3 Bay Leaves

1 1/2 c Fresh corn; scraped from

1/4 ts Freshly-ground white pepper

2 ts Salt

3 tb Blond Roux; see * Note

1/4 c Green Onions chopped

1/2 ts Worcestershire Sauce

1 ts Bottled liquid crab boil

(available at specialty food

1/4 c Finely-chopped celery

1 c Heavy cream

1 tb olive oil

1 c Crab stock; (preferred) or

1 c Lump crabmeat; picked over

1 tb Finely-chopped garlic

3/4 c Finely-chopped onions

3 c milk


Directions

* Note: See the ?Blond Roux? recipe which is included in this collection. Heat oil in a large soup pot over high heat, add onions and corn and saute 1 minute. Add garlic and celery and saute 30 seconds more. Stir in stock, salt, pepper and bay leaves and bring to a boil. Stir in milk, cream and crab boil and bring to a boil again, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium and simmer 7 minutes. Whisk in Blond Roux 1 tablespoon at a time until thoroughly incorporated into the soup. Reduce heat to low and continue whisking until mixture is lightly thickened. Stir in crabmeat, green onions and Worcestershire sauce and simmer 10 minutes more. To serve, ladle 1 generous cup of bisque into each of 6 soup plates. This recipe yields 6 servings. Recipe Source: ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-010 broadcast 01-26-1997) Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com Formatted for MasterCook by MR MAD, aka Joe Comiskey - jpmd44a@prodigy.com 02-26-1997 Recipe by: Emeril Lagasse

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