Bisk is a thick, popular on the Mediterranean coast. crustacean cream soup, the preparation of which goes not only meat of shrimp, lobster or crayfish, but also their shells and heads. At first the shells are boiled and filtered the broth. Separately stew shrimps with onions and spices in the wine. And then everything is put together in a pan with cream and tomato paste and thicken with flour. The fragrance will stand inexpressible. Try a bisque with a slice of baguette and a glass white wine and mentally go to the Cote d’Azur. друзьями: 
Time:Difficulty: easy Servings: 4-6 Recipes use measured containers volume: 1 cup (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cups (st.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (Art.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 450 gr large shrimp, peeled from shells and intestinal veins, put off the armor
- 4 tbsp. seafood broth
- 3 tbsp. l olive oil
- 2 tbsp. chopped leeks, only white and light green pieces (3 onions)
- 1 tbsp. l chopped garlic (3 cloves)
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- 1/4 Art. brandy or brandy
- 1/4 Art. dry sherry
- 55 gr. butter
- 1/4 Art. flour
- 2 tbsp. nonfat cream
- 1/3 Art. tomato paste
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
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Recipe preparation:
- Put the shrimp shells in the pan, pour the broth from seafood and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and set aside the broth. Add enough water to get 3 and 3/4 tbsp. broth.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive in a large pan or cauldron butter. Add leek and fry it for 10 minutes on moderately low heat or until the onion is soft, but it should not to fry. Add garlic and fry another 1 minute. Add cayenne pepper and shrimp and cook over medium-low heat in for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour in cognac and cook 1 minute, then pour in the sherry and cook another 3 minutes. Shift shrimp and leek in a food processor with a steel blade and grind to a state of rough mashed potatoes.
- Melt the butter in the same pan. Add flour and cook over moderate heat for 1 minute, stirring with a wooden a spoon. Add low-fat cream and cook, stirring with a whisk, until thickening, about 3 minutes. Stir in shredded shrimp, broth, tomato paste, salt and pepper and heat, so that the mixture is hot, but did not boil. Salt to taste and serve hot.
