Red Pea Bisque With Rum Flambé Recipes

RED PEA BISQUE WITH RUM FLAMBé

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, and thyme; sauté until onion is soft, about 8 minutes. Add 4 cups broth, coconut milk, and beans; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until beans are tender, stirring occasionally, 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 hours. Remove thyme sprig.
• Set aside scant 1 cup of beans. Working in batches, purée remaining mixture in blender until smooth. Return soup to same pot; add reserved beans and Sherry. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.) Bring to simmer, thinning with broth if desired; keep warm.
• Place rum in heavy small skillet. Bring to simmer. Carefully ignite rum. When flames subside, divide soup among 6 bowls, drizzle with rum, sprinkle with chives, and serve.
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CRêPES WITH FLAMBéED PEACHES

Steps:

• Lightly brush a crêpe with melted butter and warm in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, 15 to 30 seconds. Flip and fold over twice to form a triangle, then transfer to a serving platter. Repeat with the remaining crêpes.
• Sauté the peaches in the butter and sugar in the same skillet over medium-high heat until tender, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Carefully add the rum to the skillet and use a long lighter to ignite. Cook until the alcohol burns off, then stir in the lime juice. Spoon the peaches over the crêpes.

PEA BISQUE WITH SHRIMP AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Place split peas in a large bowl with enough water to cover by 2 inches; let stand for 6 hours or overnight.
• Drain split peas, and transfer to a large stockpot. Add clam juice, water, and onion; bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas soften, 35 to 40 minutes.
• Stir in baby peas, and simmer for 5 minutes. Let soup cool slightly. Place in the bowl of a food processor, working in batches, if necessary; puree until smooth. Press through a fine sieve into a large saucepan, and keep warm over low heat.
• In a large bowl, stir together shrimp, garlic, lemon zest, paprika, and salt. Melt butter in a nonstick medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp, and cook, stirring, until they begin to turn pink and opaque. Add lemon juice, and stir for 1 minute more. Remove from heat, and stir in tarragon.
• Ladle bisque into six shallow soup plates, and place a mound of shrimp in the center of each serving.

PEACH FLAMBE WITH RUM

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan and mix in the sugar. Add the peaches and cook over high heat until the peach wedges soften and begin to render juice and the juices begin to thicken and caramelize, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add the lemon juice and peach preserves and cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
• In your kitchen or at the table, add the rum and ignite, burning the alcohol for about 1 minute. Divide the dessert among six serving dishes and serve as is or with a scoop of ice cream in the center.

PEARS FLAMBé

Steps:

• Melt butter with 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar in a heavy nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sauté pears and cinnamon until pears begin to soften, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in rum and lime juice.
• When liquid starts to simmer, keeping your face and body away from skillet, ignite quickly with a lit match. When flames subside, remove from heat. Serve with ice cream.

ROASTED RED PEPPER BISQUE

Steps:

• Broil peppers 4 in. from the heat until skins blister, about 5 minutes. With tongs, rotate peppers a quarter turn. Broil and rotate until all sides are blistered and blackened. Immediately place peppers in a large bowl; cover and let stand for 15-20 minutes. , Peel off and discard charred skin. Remove stems and seeds; set peppers aside., In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender; cool slightly. In a blender, combine the onion mixture, 2 cups broth and roasted peppers; cover and process until smooth. Return to the pan. , Stir in cream and remaining broth; heat through (do not boil). Stir in salt and pepper. Sprinkle each serving with 1 tablespoon cheese.

ROASTED RED PEPPER BISQUE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven heat olive oil, add bay leaves, onions, carrots and garlic. Saute until tender. Add piment de espelette, thyme, marjoram, celery salt, black pepper and saute 1-2 minutes.
• Add Marsala wine and reduce by half. Season to taste with fine sea salt and black pepper.
• Add chicken stock, roasted red peppers, red pepper liquid and fine sugar. Stir the bisque and bring to a slow boil. Reduce to a simmer stirring for 30-minutes.
• In a sauce pan warm the heavy cream and whisk in fresh grated nutmeg. Season with sea salt and white pepper to taste.
• Whisk in the warm cream into the bisque. Add fresh basil and parsley. Whisking the bisque bring to a slow boil for 10-minutes.
• Remove the bisque from the heat and whisk in the Crème Fraiche. Puree the bisque and strain. Season with fine sea salt and white pepper to taste.
• Serve Roasted Red Pepper Bisque in warm bowls.
• Garnish with fresh parsley sprig.

EXOTIC PINEAPPLE RUM FLAMBE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the butter and brown sugar over medium heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
• Place the pineapple in the syrup in a single layer, reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until browned on the first side. Turn with a small spatula or tongs and cook on the second side until the pineapples are soft and richly browned.
• Add rum and flambe, keeping face clear of flames. Arrange on dessert plates.