Al's Seafood Bisque - from Al's Soup Kitchen, NYC
- 2 cups white wine dry
- 1 each bay leaves
- 1 each onions roughly chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 Ribs celery
- 1 1/2 pounds lobsters
- 12 medium shrimp in the shell
- 24 each mussels well scrubbed
- 12 each sea scallops
- 4 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon thyme dried
- 1 tablespoon parsley leaves minced fresh
- 1/4 teaspoon rosemary leaves dried
- 1 cup spinach fresh chopped
- 1/2 cup carrots grated
- 1 x salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice fresh
- Combine the white wine, bay leaf, onion, garlic, and celery in a large stockpot over medium heat.
- Bring to a boil.
- Add the lobster, cover the pot and steam for 10 minutes.
- Remove the lobster.
- Add the shrimp, cover the pot, and steam for 5 minutes.
- Remove the shrimp with tongs.
- Add the mussels, cover the pot and steam until they open, about 5 minutes.
- Remove the mussels with tongs, extract the meat, and discard the shells.
- Discard any that do not open.
- Add 2 cups water to the liquid in the pot, bring to a boil, and then add the scallops.
- Cover the pot and steam for 3 minutes.
- Remove the scallops with tongs.
- Extract the lobster meat, reserving the shells.
- Peel and devein the shrimp, reserving the shells.
- Chop the meats into bite-sized portions; cover and set aside.
- Return the seafood shells to the pot of broth and add 2 cups water.
- Bring the broth to a simmer over low heat.
- Add the cream, milk, thyme, parsley and rosemary and simmer until the mixture thickens slightly, 5 minutes.
white wine, bay leaves, onions, clove garlic, celery, lobsters, shrimp, mussels, scallops, heavy whipping cream, milk, thyme, parsley, rosemary, carrots, salt, lemon juice fresh
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/als-seafood-bisque-from-als-sou-3004 (may not work)