Crab Bisque

Name: Crab Bisque
Ingredients: 2 star anise; 50 g tomato purée; 100-200 ml double cream; 2 stalks lemongrass, crushed; 1 clove of garlic, crushed; 45 ml olive oil; 2 shallots, chopped; 5 g fennel seeds; 5 g coriander seeds; 1 stick cinnamon; 1 vanilla pod; 2 l water; 1 kg crab shells; salt to taste; 25 ml lemon juice

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Too Many Chiefs Only One Indian

By Sat Bains

Published 2012

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Ingredients

For the Crab Bisque

45 ml olive oil
2 star anise
1 stick

Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Soup

Method

Heat the oil in a pressure cooker.

Add the dry spices and toast for 1 minute. Add the shallots, garlic and lemongrass and toast for 2 minutes. Add the tomato purée and cook for 2 minutes. Add the crab shells followed by the water and vanilla pod. Place the lid and bring up to full pressure.

Cook for 35 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool in the pressure cooker. Strai