Low Carb Lobster Bisque Recipes

LOW CARB LOBSTER BISQUE

Steps:

• Remove meat from cooked lobsters and reserve shells.
• Stud onion all over with whole cloves.
• Break up lobster shells and place in soup kettle with water, onion, celery, and bay leaf.
• Simmer 45 minutes.
• While the broth is simmering, make the lemon butter: Let butter come to room temperature.
• Mix lemon extract into butter then refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Strain broth through sieve into a clean soup pot.
• Add lobster meat and sherry to the strained broth and season to taste with salt, pepper, cayenne, and nutmeg.
• Bring the broth back to a simmer over low heat until lobster is heated through.
• In a small bowl, beat the egg yolk.
• Whisk the cream and 1/2 cup of the soup broth into beaten egg yolk; Pour mixture gradually into remaining soup mixture and heat 1-2 minutes longer.
• Pour into soup bowls and top each with 1/2 Tbsp lemon butter.
• Garnish with fresh chopped parsley and serve.

LOBSTER BISQUE FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Pour 4 cups seafood stock into a large pot and bring to a rolling boil. Add lobster tails and boil until flesh is opaque, about 5 minutes. Remove tails and reserve all broth. Shell all tail meat and set aside.
• Melt butter in another pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrots, and celery. Saute until fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic and saute, 30 to 40 seconds. Pour in sherry; let it reduce by half. Pour in reserved seafood stock. Add rice and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, then reduce to medium-low. Let simmer until rice is tender, about 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf.
• Blend all contents of the soup until smooth using an immersion blender. Add tomato paste, tarragon, salt, thyme, pepper, paprika, and cayenne. Let simmer over medium-low heat for 30 minutes more. Pour in cream and stir in well for that trademark pinkish/orange bisque color. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls and top with a generous lump of lobster meat.

LOW FAT LOBSTER BISQUE

Steps:

• Saute carrot,celery,leek in a nonstick pan using 1 tbsp olive oil, until tender. Puree vegetables with 1/2 cup of fish stock until a thick paste in texture, (will have fine chunks)set aside.
• Use other tbsp of olive oil to saute lobster tails in shells over medium heat until almost done, season with salt and pepper. Add minced garlic to pan with tails and remove from heat. Deglaze pan with 1/2 cup of fish stock and allow to cool.
• I use the pan that I sauteed the vegetables in to build my bisque. Add remaining 3 cups of fish stock to pan, heat on medium heat until bubbling. Add puree and tomato paste and whisk. Remove lobster meat from tails and cut into large pieces. Pour fish stock from lobster pan back into bisque and add lobster meat. Reduce heat to low, add milk and sour cream and whisk to combine.
• Remove from heat, garnish with parsley and serve immediately.