Yam And Clam Bisque Food

YAM AND CLAM BISQUE

Steps:

• In a three-quart saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat.
• Add the bacon and cook until crisp and the fat is rendered, about 5-6 minutes.
• Remove bacon from pot, drain and set aside.
• With about 1 tablespoon of drippings, add onion, celery, and pinch of salt and pepper to the pot and sauté over medium heat until the onion is tender, about 4-5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and sauté one minute longer.
• Add the wine and deglaze the pan, reduce liquid to half, about one minute.
• Add the yams and white potatoes and clam juice to the pot.
• Add salt and optional Tabasco.
• Bring pot to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until potatoes are soft-tender, about 15 minutes.
• Remove pot from heat.
• Puree soup in a food processor in two batches or use an immersion blender. Process until smooth. Soup should be quite thick at this point.
• Add the half and half and clams. If soup is still too thick, add additional half and half or milk until it is your desired consistency.
• Reheat soup but do not boil.
• Correct seasoning. Additional salt may be required. A pinch of sugar may be necessary depending on the sweetness of your yams.
• Garnish with crumbled reserved bacon.

CLAM BISQUE

Steps:

• 1. Saute onions until just translucent (do not brown) in 6 tablespoons butter. Stir flour in until mixed, but do not brown.
• 2. Stirring slowly, add the clam juice. When thickened, add the lemon juice, then the cream. Bring it to a simmer over low heat stirring occasionally.
• 3. Add the clams to the warm bisque and stir occasionally to avoid scalding on the bottom. You add the clams last to just heat them through or otherwise clams can become tough and chewy. Before serving, stir in the remaining butter. Garnish the soup with bright green parsley.

CREAMY CLAM BISQUE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, cook onion in margarine until tender.
• Gradually stir in flour and pepper; then add reserved clam liquid and Worcestershire sauce.
• Cook and stir until thickened.
• Beat half-and-half with egg yolk; stir into pan along with clams.
• Heat through (DO NOT BOIL).
• Garnish with paprika, if desired.
• Refrigerate leftovers.

SWEET POTATO CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Peel and chop Sweet Potatoes.
• Chop Onions.
• Chop Turkey Bacon.
• Combine Onions, Sweet Potatoes, Clams, and Bacon in Crock pot. Cover with 1.5 cups of water. Cook on high for 3-4 hours.
• Stur in Milk, Cream, Flax Seed and allow to cook again 30 minutes to 1 hour.

SHRIMP AND CLAM BISQUE

Steps:

• Heat oil and butter together in a large saucepan. Add roasted garlic and leeks and saute 3 minutes, until leeks are soft. Add flour and stir to coat. Add brandy and simmer 2 minutes. Add broth, tomato paste and potato and bring to a boil. Boil 6 minutes, until potatoes are fork-tender. Add shrimp and clams and simmer 1 minute to heat through. Add cream and dill and simmer 1 minute. Serve with rolls, if desired.

BAR AMERICAIN SWEET POTATO CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a medium saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook until soft. Stir in the sweet potato puree and salt and pepper and cook until the puree is slightly thickened (you are making a sort of sweet potato roux). Increase the heat to high, add the wine and cook until completely reduced. Add the clam juice and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. If the mixture appears to be too thick, thin with a little extra clam juice or water, season with salt and pepper. Strain the mixture into a bowl and return to the pan.
• Heat the butter in a small saute pan over medium high heat. Add the potatoes and cook until golden brown and caramelized. When the potatoes are almost cooked through, sprinkle with the sugar and toss until the sugar is dissolved and the potatoes are cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels.
• Heat a pan over medium heat, add the bacon and cook until golden brown and crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels.
• Bring wine to a boil in a medium saucepan, add the clams, cover and cook until all clams open, discarding any that do not, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the clams with a slotted spoon and place in a bowl.
• Bring sweet potato chowder base to a simmer. Add the cooked bacon, sweet potatoes and honey and cook for 1 minute. Add the chopped clams and cook for 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream and cook an additional minute or until just heated through. Ladle into bowls and garnish each bowl with 3 clams in the shell and a sprinkling of fresh tarragon. Serve immediately.

SHRIMP BISQUE

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot over medium heat and melt the butter into it. Then add the shrimp shells, the leeks, celery, carrots, 3 sprigs thyme, the bay leaf, orange zest, and tomato paste. Cook, stirring every now and then, until the shells are red and the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes.
• Take the pot off the heat and carefully pour in the brandy. Ignite the brandy with a long kitchen match and let burn until the flame subsides. Return the pot to the heat, sprinkle in the flour, give it a stir, and cook for another 2 minutes. Now add water to cover and deglaze, scraping up all the browned bits on the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon. Add the cream and bring to a boil. Immediately turn the heat down to low and gently simmer until the soup is reduced and thickened, 30 to 45 minutes. Strain into a clean pot and season with salt and pepper.
• Chop the shrimp. Return the bisque to a simmer, add the shrimp and cook 2 to 3 minutes just to cook the shrimp through. Give the bisque a final taste for seasoning, pour it into warmed soup bowls and serve garnished with the orange zest and chives.

SWEET POTATO AND CORN CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large pan, bring the wine and water to a boil. Gently add the clams and cover with a lid. Cook until the clams start to open, about 5-10 minutes. As they open, remove them with a slotted spoon. Discard any that don't open after about 20-30 minutes. Cool completely then remove the clams from their shells and reserve in a bowl.
• Strain the liquid leftover from the clams through a fine mesh strainer then measure. You should roughly have 1 cup. Add clam juice, fish stock or water to equal 2 cups broth. Reserve.
• In a large pot, cook the bacon over medium high heat. Once cooked on one side, flip and finish cooking the other side. Transfer the bacon to a plate. When cool, chop into pieces.
• There should be enough bacon fat left to cook the onions. If not, add some olive oil. Cook the onions until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the flour and stir. Slowly add in the clam broth, stirring well, and bring to a simmer. Add the potatoes and cook until soft but not mushy, about 10-15 minutes.
• Add milk, cream, chopped bacon, corn, and deshelled clams. Taste and season with salt if needed (I used roughly 1/2 teaspoon sea salt).

SEAFOOD BISQUE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the first 8 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; add the shrimp, crab and mushrooms. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Stir in the wine, salt and pepper; cook 2-3 minutes longer. Top with onions if desired.

CREAMY CLAM BISQUE

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, cook onion in butter until tender.
• Gradually stir in flour and pepper; add wine and clams.
• Cook and stir until thickened; remove from heat.
• Blend half-and-half with egg yolk; stir into wine mixture.
• Heat through.
• DO NOT BOIL.
• Spoon into bowls; garnish with paprika.
• Refrigerate leftovers.

CREAMY SEAFOOD BISQUE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add red onion and mushrooms; saute for 4-5 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until blended; add tomato paste. Gradually whisk in broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes., Add clams and shrimp; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5-10 minutes longer or until shrimp turn pink, stirring occasionally. Stir in crab and cream; heat through (do not boil). Serve with cheese and green onions.

MATT'S CRAB & CLAM BISQUE

Steps:

• Heat margarine in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion, celery, and carrots; cook until soft. Stir in flour, red pepper flakes, and dill weed. Mix in water, bouillon cubes, and Worcestershire sauce. Add potatoes, and season with black pepper; cook until potatoes begin to soften, about 10 minutes. Stir in milk, crab meat, and clams; simmer 15 to 20 minutes.