Prawn Bisque

Prawn Bisque

From   Mummy Ka Magic

Prep: 35 minutes

Cook: 55 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Soup

Type: French

A delicious and smooth soup made with prawns and some aromatics

Ingredients

  • Medium sized prawns, sheeled and deveined ¾ cup
  • Oil 2 tbsps
  • Carrots, chopped ½ cup
  • Large onion, chopped 1
  • Tomatoes, chopped 400 gms
  • Salt to taste
  • Fresh fennel, chopped ½ tsp
  • Paprika powde ½ tsp
  • Fish stock 1 ltr
  • Double cream 150 cream
  • Garnish
  • Medium sized prawns, shelled and deveined 12
  • Green olives 12
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper powder to taste
  • Paprika powder to taste
  • Lemon juice 2 tsps
  • Oil 1 tbsp

Methods

  • Heat oil in a deep non-stick pan, add prawns and saute for 2 minutes.
  • Add carrots and onion, mix and cook until carrots begin to soften.
  • Add tomatoes and mix. Add salt, fennel and paprika powder and mix well. Add fish stock and mix. Reduce heat and let the mixture simmer for around 30-35 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly.
  • Transfer the mixture into a blender jar and blend to a puree. Pass it through a sieve into another deep non-stick pan.
  • Add double cream, mix and heat the soup till it just comes to a boil. Pour the soup into stemmed glasses.
  • String on olives and prawns alternately on skewers. Sprinkle salt, pepper powder, paprika powder and lemon juice on them.
  • Heat oil in a non-stick pan, place the skewers in it and saute, rotating the skewers, till the prawns are cooked all around.
  • Place a skewer on each glass and serve immediately.