Prawn Bisque

Name: Prawn Bisque
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1kg raw prawns in shell; 1 onion, diced; 2 carrots, diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 3 cloves garlic; 3 tbsp tomato paste; 100ml brandy; 200ml dry white wine; 800ml fish stock; 250ml double cream; 1 tsp tarragon; 4 tbsp butter; cayenne to taste

Classic French prawn bisque with brandy, cream and a rich shellfish stock. Frying the prawn shells and heads in butter until they turn properly red extracts their concentrated flavour into the base of the bisque.

Total time

65 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

French

Ingredients

1kgraw prawns in shell

1onion, diced

2carrots, diced

2 stalkscelery, diced

3 clovesgarlic

3 tbsptomato paste

100mlbrandy

200mldry white wine

800mlfish stock

250mldouble cream

1 tsptarragon

4 tbspbutter

cayenneto taste

Instructions

Fry prawn shells and heads in butter until red.

Add vegetables and garlic. Cook 5 minutes.

Add tomato paste. Cook 3 minutes.

Add brandy — flambé.

Add wine and stock. Simmer 25 minutes.

Blend and strain through a fine sieve.

Add cream, tarragon and peeled prawn meat.

Simmer gently 5 minutes.

Season with cayenne.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

474

Protein

4.2g

Fat

41.9g

Carbs

13g

Fiber

2.2g

Sodium

826mg

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