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

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

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