CRAB AND SHRIMP SEAFOOD BISQUE RECIPE

Ingredients

3 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoon chopped green onion

2tablespoon chopped celery

3 tablespoon all-purpose flour

½ cups milk

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 cup heavy whipping cream

8 oz crab meat

4-8 oz small cooked shrimp

2 tablespoon sherry wine (or any white wine).

Directions

The Process

Step 1: Melt the butter over medium to low heat in a large saucepan a large saucepan. Once melted, add the celery and chopped green onion, and then stir until they soften.

Step 2: Blend the flour into the butter mix until it becomes homogenous. Continue stirring and cooking for about 2 minutes.

Step 3: While the flour-butter-vegetable mix cooks, warm the milk over medium heat in a different saucepan. Slowly pour it into the flour-butter mix and continue stirring and cooking for about 3 minutes until it thickens (this mix is known as the roux)

Step 4: Add the ground black pepper, tomato paste and whipping cream to the roux and continue to cook

Step 5: Add the crab, shrimp and sherry wine to the soup and then stir lightly. Reduce the heat and bring to simmer.

Step 6: garnish with chopped green onions (you could use parsley and cilantro ) and serve hot.