Shellfish Bisque

Name: Shellfish Bisque
Yield: Makes roughly 2 litres
Ingredients: 2 carrots, peeled and chopped; 3 sticks of celery, chopped; 500 g prawn heads and shells, or langoustine heads and shells; sea salt & black pepper; 1 onion, peeled and chopped; 100 ml rapeseed oil; 3 star anise; 1 bulb garlic, peeled and grated; 200 ml white wine; 2 tomatoes, chopped; 2 litres white fish stock; 1 tsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 150 ml double cream

Preparation info

Makes roughly
2 litres

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hook Line Sinker

By Galton Blackiston

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

100 ml rapeseed oil
1 onion, peeled and chopped
2 carrots, peeled and c

Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Soup

Method

To make the bisque

Heat a large deep-sided pan and add the rapeseed oil together with the vegetables and garlic. Sauté the vegetables without colouring, then add the white wine. Add in the prawn heads and shells and then the stock. Bring to the boil and boil for about 5 minutes, then reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. Add the star anise, fennel seeds, coriander seeds and