CRAWFISH BISQUE

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Provided by Food Network

Time 1h25m

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 21

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
10 pounds crawfish, boiled, peeled and shells and tail meat reserved
10 pounds crawfish, boiled, peeled and shells and tail meat reserved
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 onions, chopped
2 stalks lemongrass, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 bulb fennel, chopped
1 thumb ginger, chopped
1/4 cup white rice
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 bay leaf
1 sprig thyme
1/4 cup brandy
6 cups crawfish stock
2 cups heavy cream
1 lime, zested
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Hot sauce, such as Tabasco

Steps:

Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot set over high heat. Crush the crawfish shells and add to the pot, cook for 15 minutes while stirring frequently.
Add the flour to the pan and stir, then add the garlic, onions, lemongrass, celery, fennel and ginger. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes.
Add the rice, tomato paste, red pepper flakes, bay leaf and thyme. Stir and cook for another 5 minutes. Add the brandy and cook for several minutes while stirring. Add the stock and the cream, and stir. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat to a slow simmer. Simmer for 25 minutes and then remove from the heat.
Puree in a blender and strain through fine mesh strainer. Fold the crawfish tails into the bisque and add the lime zest, some salt and pepper and hot sauce. Serve hot.

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