Seafood bisque

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Seafood bisque may not be the healthiest way to enjoy seafood but it certainly is one of the most delicious. Bisque is typically a rich, creamy soup comprised of heavy cream and butter among other things. There are recipes that try to lighten things up by using olive oil and milk, but flavor will suffer. If you’re going for the health benefits of seafood, eat it plain. Bisque is all about the flavor.

There are hundreds of seafood bisque recipes which include all kinds of different seafood. There are recipes for bisque that are not cream based at all. These soups should not be called bisque. Any soup or stew that does not include heavy cream, or at least milk, has more in common with French Bouillabaisse than with bisque.

Crustaceans such as crab, lobster, crayfish and shrimp are the most common seafood found in bisque. They are often cooked twice to extract as much flavor as possible. First they will be sautéed, usually still in their shells then simmered in wine and seasonings. Seafood bisque began as a way to make use of every part of crustaceans, even the shells were ground up and added to the mix.

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