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Recipe, sort of: Pumpkin, chorizo and shrimp bisque
"Karen" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 28 May 2013 18:23:14 -0700, in alt.food.diabetic, "Cheri"
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>>"Susan" > wrote in message
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>>> z-no-archive: yes
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>>> I'll start off by apologizing to Wendy for all the traif.
>>>
>>> I started out planning this, because I believed I had all the
>>> ingredients
>>> in the house:
>>> http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...-Bisque-104123
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>>> I had bought U.S. shrimp instead of Costco's from Indonesia and all I
>>> could get raw was peeled already, so no go this time.
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>>> I can't wait to try it that way next time. It inspired me to modify my
>>> winter pumpkin andouille sausage soup, and instead I made pumpkin and
>>> shrimp bisque with chorizo, which is fabulous with shellfish, IME.
>>>
>>> I sauteed some garlic, two chopped shallots, chopped celery and two
>>> cubed
>>> chorizos (about 6" long each) and adding some white wine when they were
>>> softened a bit.
>>>
>>> Brought that to a boil briefly, then added two cans of organic pumpkin
>>> puree, some really lousy store bought chicken stock (I had to add a lot
>>> of
>>> Better Than Bouillon chicken paste later, out of home made stock). I
>>> tossed in two bay leaves and a couple of sage sprigs and some salt and
>>> black pepper and brought it to short of a boil, then set it all teh way
>>> to
>>> the lowest heat and let it sit, covered on low until Tom got home,
>>> worked
>>> out, and felt like eating.
>>>
>>> I then sauteed the lb of shrimp with a small handful of chopped fresh
>>> sage
>>> leaves in EVOO and dumped them into the soup, after adding a cup of
>>> heavy
>>> cream. Let it sit a few, then we ate.
>>>
>>> Very warming, rich and wonderful meal on a cold, rainy NY day after
>>> Memorial Day with the heat on and grey skies.
>>>
>>> Susan
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>>Sounds good, and I envy you the cold, rainy day. Hasn't been too bad these
>>past few days but his San Joaquin Valley is hot and supposed to be 100 by
>>Friday. I hate the heat. :-)
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>>Cheri
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> I heard that too Cheri. I can't say I'm looking forward to 100
> degrees though.
> --
> Kaye
It has been weird. Going from this cooler temp for this area to that in a
day or two.
Cheri
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