Bisque de Crevettes

Name: Bisque de Crevettes
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4–6 helpings
Ingredients: 1 teasp. lemon juice; grated nutmeg; 1 glass white wine or cider; 1 glass white wine or cider; 1 egg yolk; ¼ pt. cream or milk or ½ cream and ½ milk; ¼ pt. cream or milk or ½ cream and ½ milk; ¼ pt. cream or milk or ½ cream and ½ milk; ¼ pt. cream or milk or ½ cream and ½ milk; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 1½ pt. fish stock in which the shells of the shrimps have been cooked; 1½ pt. fish stock in which the shells of the shrimps have been cooked; 1 pt. cooked shrimps; 2 oz. butter; 3 tablesp. fresh breadcrumbs; 1½ pt. fish stock in which the shells of the shrimps have been cooked

Shrimp soup

Preparation info

4–6
helpings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1871

About

Ingredients

1½ pt. fish stock in which the shells of the shrimps have been cooked
3 tablesp. fresh

Pescatarian
Soup

Method

Heat ½ pt. of the fish stock and in it soak the breadcrumbs. Melt ½ oz. butter in a deep pan and in it toss the shrimps over gentle heat for 5 min. Add lemon juice, nutmeg, breadcrumbs and