Crab And Roasted Red Pepper Bisque Recipe 415 Food

CRAB AND ROASTED RED PEPPER BISQUE RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• 1. Heat the olive oil over medium heat and sauté the onion until tender and translucent, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté for another minute. 2. While the onion is cooking, melt the butter over medium-high heat in a large pot. Once the butter is melted, whisk in the flour until smooth and cook for a minute (or until the mixture starts to brown). 3. Then, add the chicken broth, red peppers, tomato paste, crabmeat (if you want to garnish the soup with crabmeat, reserve a few ounces), Old Bay, cayenne pepper, and onion to the pot. Let the mixture simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until smooth. 4. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup until smooth (you could also use an electric blender and puree in batches, returning the soup to the pot when it is pureed). 5. Add the heavy cream, red wine vinegar, and salt to the pot and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes, or until heated all the way through. 6. Garnish with crab meat, if you reserved any, and/or a swirl of half and half if desired. 7. Enjoy!

DUNGENESS CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• Remove the claws from the crabs and quarter the bodies. Heat a 6-quart stockpot. Add the oil and saute the crab pieces until they are red. Remove the pieces as they are cooked. Add the carrot, celery, tomatoes, garlic, shallots, and tarragon and continue to saute for 10 minutes. Pour in the cognac and ignite. When the flame has subsided, deglaze with white wine, and add the tomato paste, crab, and enough fish stock to cover. Season with salt, pepper, cayenne, thyme, and bay leaf and boil gently for 15 minutes.
• In a small saucepan, reduce the cream by half. Remove the crab bodies from the pot and set aside. Add the reduced cream to the soup. Puree the soup, in batches, in a food processor. Strain the pureed soup and keep warm.
• Remove the meat from the claws and cut into bite-size pieces and add to the soup. Season with lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Serve in heated soup bowls and garnish with minced chives or parsley.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Set the oven to broil, and preheat for 5 minutes.
• Place the red bell pepper quarters skin-side up on a broiler pan or baking sheet. Broil until the skins have blackened, then place them in a brown paper bag, or in a covered bowl and allow them to steam for approximately 10 minutes to loosen the skins.
• Once the skins have loosened, peel them off and discard. Coarsely chop the peeled, roasted peppers, and place into a large saucepan along with the chicken broth and chopped potato. Bring to a boil over high heat, then add the half-and-half, salt, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and basil. Return to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Once the potatoes have softened, puree the soup in batches in a blender until smooth. Pour the pureed soup into another saucepan and stir in the crab. Heat over medium heat to warm through, about 5 minutes.

ROASTED RED PEPPER BISQUE

Steps:

• Broil peppers 4 in. from the heat until skins blister, about 5 minutes. With tongs, rotate peppers a quarter turn. Broil and rotate until all sides are blistered and blackened. Immediately place peppers in a large bowl; cover and let stand for 15-20 minutes. , Peel off and discard charred skin. Remove stems and seeds; set peppers aside., In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender; cool slightly. In a blender, combine the onion mixture, 2 cups broth and roasted peppers; cover and process until smooth. Return to the pan. , Stir in cream and remaining broth; heat through (do not boil). Stir in salt and pepper. Sprinkle each serving with 1 tablespoon cheese.

ROASTED RED PEPPER BISQUE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven heat olive oil, add bay leaves, onions, carrots and garlic. Saute until tender. Add piment de espelette, thyme, marjoram, celery salt, black pepper and saute 1-2 minutes.
• Add Marsala wine and reduce by half. Season to taste with fine sea salt and black pepper.
• Add chicken stock, roasted red peppers, red pepper liquid and fine sugar. Stir the bisque and bring to a slow boil. Reduce to a simmer stirring for 30-minutes.
• In a sauce pan warm the heavy cream and whisk in fresh grated nutmeg. Season with sea salt and white pepper to taste.
• Whisk in the warm cream into the bisque. Add fresh basil and parsley. Whisking the bisque bring to a slow boil for 10-minutes.
• Remove the bisque from the heat and whisk in the Crème Fraiche. Puree the bisque and strain. Season with fine sea salt and white pepper to taste.
• Serve Roasted Red Pepper Bisque in warm bowls.
• Garnish with fresh parsley sprig.

ROASTED RED PEPPER BISQUE (SOUP)

Steps:

• In large pot, heat clarified butter and sweat celery, onion, leeks and garlic until tender. Add roasted red peppers and tomato paste. Cook briefly then add roux and cook until roux is softened and hot. Add chicken stock and mix well with wire whip to avoid lumps. Continue to stir until soup comes to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and let simmer until roasted red peppers break down. Add heavy cream and crumbled chevre cheese and again bring to a boil. Place soup in blender and puree until smooth. Adjust seasoning with salt and white pepper. Strain soup through china cap.

CRAB AND ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• Make broth:
• Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in heavy large wide pot over medium-high heat. Add crab shells and sauté until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Add 10 cups water and next 8 ingredients; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until broth is reduced to 12 cups, about 30 minutes. Strain broth through sieve lined with cheesecloth. Cool. Spoon fat from top of broth.
• Make soup:
• Char red bell peppers over gas flame or in broiler until blackened on all sides. Enclose in paper bag and let stand 10 minutes. Peel and seed peppers. Transfer peppers to blender. Add 2 tablespoons butter. Puree until mixture is smooth.
• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add flour and cook until mixture is golden brown, stirring occasionally, about 2 minutes. Gradually whisk in broth, then red pepper purée. Bring soup to boil. Simmer until flavors blend and soup thickens slightly, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Soup can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Add reserved crabmeat and 1/2 cup chopped parsley to soup. Simmer just until crabmeat is heated through, about 2 minutes. Ladle soup into bowls. Spoon dollop of crème fraîche atop each. Garnish with parsley sprigs and serve.

CRAB BISQUE WITH SWEET RED BELL PEPPER

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat.
• Add bell peppers, 3/4 cup green onions, celery, carrots and red onion and saute until vegetables are tender, about 12 minutes.
• Stir in tarragon and cayenne.
• Mix in tomatoes with juices, clam juice and wine.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer 30 minutes to blend flavors, stirring occasionally.
• Add cream and simmer 20 minutes longer.
• Stir in crabmeat.

CRAB BISQUE WITH SWEET RED BELL PEPPER

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add bell peppers, 3/4 cup green onions, celery, carrots and red onion and sauté until vegetables are tender, about 12 minutes. Stir in tarragon and cayenne. Mix in tomatoes with juices, clam juice and wine. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 30 minutes to blend flavors, stirring occasionally. Add cream and simmer 20 minutes longer. Stir in crabmeat. Cook until crab is heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup chopped green onions and serve.