English Pea Soup With Lobster Shrimp And Crabmeat Food

MINTED ENGLISH PEA SOUP WITH LOBSTER AND ORANGE

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath. Bring a medium saucepan filled with water to a boil over high heat. Add peas and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain, and immediately transfer to ice-water bath. Drain and set aside.
• Slice the top and bottom of both oranges with a paring knife. Set one of the flat sides on your work surface. From top to bottom, following the curve of the fruit, cut away peel and white pith. Trim off any remaining pith. Holding the oranges over a bowl, cut along both sides of each segment, staying close to the membrane, to release. Add onion and chives to bowl; toss to combine.
• Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add lobster and cook until just warmed through. Add peas and orange mixture and stir to combine. Continue cooking until mixture is just warm.
• Divide lobster mixture evenly between four warmed soup bowls. Ladle soup around lobster. Sprinkle with mint flowers, if using, and serve immediately.

CRAB AND SHRIMP SEAFOOD BISQUE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Melt the butter in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium-low heat; add the chopped green onion and celery. Sauté, stirring, until tender, about 2 minutes.
• Blend the flour into the butter and vegetables until well incorporated. Continue cooking, stirring, for about 2 minutes.
• Warm the milk in another saucepan over medium heat.
• Slowly stir the warmed milk into the butter and vegetables. Continue cooking, stirring until thickened, about 3 minutes.
• Add the freshly ground black pepper, tomato paste, and heavy cream.
• If desired, puree the soup in a blender or food processor at this point and then return it to the saucepan.
• Stir in the shrimp, crab, and sherry. Bring it to a simmer.
• Serve hot, garnished with parsley, cilantro, and/or chopped green onion tops.

GREEN GARLIC AND ENGLISH PEA SOUP SIPS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium sized pot, over medium heat. Add the celery and green garlic to the pot and sweat until the vegetables become translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Add the English peas and bring to a boil once again. Remove from the heat. Puree in a blender on low speed until smooth. Season with salt and chill. Serve in shot glasses garnished with skewered vegetables. Examples of garnishes include: green or black olives, cooked baby potatoes, sugar snap peas, radishes, baby tomatoes.

ENGLISH PEA SOUP WITH LOBSTER, SHRIMP AND CRABMEAT

Steps:

• Place the oil into a saucepan over a low heat, add the onions and stir, season to taste with salt and pepper, add 1/2 cup chicken stock. Slowly cook until translucent, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Place the onions, peas, chicken stock in a blender for 30 seconds. Season to taste with salt and pepper and add the tarragon, chervil, and mint sprigs. Blend until silky smooth (approximately 4 minutes). Adjust the seasoning to taste. Divide the soup into 4 cups, artfully present the condiments in a separate dish. Serve immediately.

SEAFOOD TRIO W/SHRIMP, SCALLOPS AND CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat olive oil in heavy-bottomed sauce pan over medium-low heat.
• Add scallion and a good pinch of salt. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Do not allow to brown.
• Add flour and stir until all oil is absorbed, forming a heavy paste.
• Cook paste (this is a white roux with scallions in it at this stage) for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly to avoid browning.
• Add 1/2 of the clam juice, stirring well to incorporate and avoid lumping.
• Add 1/2 of the clam juice, repeating the process.
• Stir in the wine.
• Stir in the cream.
• Add cayenne and white pepper.
• Bring sauce to a very low simmer. Taste sauce and adjust salt to taste. (I usually add about 1/2 tsp, but salt varies so sneak up on it rather than use more than you like.).
• Test the thickness by dipping a spoon into the sauce and letting it run off. It should be just thick enough to coat and cling to the back of the spoon -- this is called "nappe" (pronounced "na-pay" by my culinary instructor but my college French professor would have said "nap",) in classical cooking. If it is too thick, add a bit more clam juice or cream until you get the desired thickness, and reheat to a very low simmer.
• Add parsley and stir to incorporate.
• Preheat 2 oval ramekins (we use about a 4"x6" size, but any oval large enough to contain 12 oz of seafood will work) by running them under hot water.
• Place 1/2 of shrimp in one end of each ramekin. Place 1/2 of crab in opposite end of each ramekin. Place 1/2 of scallops in the center of each ramekin. (Yes, you want the seafood separated into neat little sections. It works. Trust me.).
• Pour 1/2 of the sauce evenly over the contents of each ramekin. Don't worry if the sauce wants to stick on the top -- it will run down into the seafood as the "casserole" bakes.
• If desired, you can put a thin layer of panko to the top of each ramekin. (This is not how the original was done, but my sister likes a bit of contrast in her textures so I do this when I'm cooking for her as well, and it certainly doesn't hurt anything.).
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until the top begins to show signs of browning. If there is no sign of browning after 20 minutes, raise the shelf and turn your oven to broil. Broil for no more than 5 minutes! This depends on your oven, and if you cook the seafood too long, you will get rubbery seafood.
• Remove from oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving.

MINTED ENGLISH PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, leek, and celery, and cook until soft. Add potatoes and 7 cups vegetable stock; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Prepare an ice-water bath. Fill another large saucepan with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add salt and return to a boil. Add peas and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and immediately transfer peas to ice-water bath to cool. Drain and add to saucepan with vegetables and stock.
• Working in batches, puree the soup in the jar of a blender or bowl of a food processor. Strain liquid twice through a fine mesh sieve into another large saucepan. Add 1 cup of heavy cream and place saucepan over low heat. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar. Tie mint together using kitchen twine and add to saucepan; let steep for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove mint and discard. If soup seems too thick, add some of the remaining vegetable stock to thin.
• In a medium bowl, whisk remaining 1/2 cup heavy cream until soft peaks form. Gently fold into the warmed soup. Serve immediately.

LAZY CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• Mix all the above ingredients; heat and serve.

WARM LOBSTER DIP (OR CRABMEAT, OR SEA LEGS, OR BABY SHRIMP)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Chop onion & garlic and put in microwave safe bowl with the olive oil. Microwave 1 minute then remove and add to a large bowl with all the remaining ingredients.
• Stir to combine well & add to oven safe baking dish sprayed lightly with cooking spray for easy clean-up (I use Pam Olive Oil Spray).
• Bake 30 minute covered with foil. Remove foil & bake another 10-15 minute until bubbly.
• Serve immediately.