Elegant Seafood Bisque

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup finely minced shallot
• 1/2 lb butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 quart water
• 1 tablespoon chicken base
• 1 (14 ounce) can baby clams, with juice
• 1/2 lb uncooked shrimp, cleaned, shelled, deveined
• 1/3 lb cod, boneless, leave in one piece
• 1/3 lb salmon, skinless, boneless, leave in one piece
• 2/3 lb cooked crabmeat, chopped
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1/2 cup dry sherry
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 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.