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FRANK ASHTON CLASSIC ITALIAN AND ADDITIONAL RECIPES: My name is Frank Ashton and I live in the Cleveland Ohio area. I was a high school art teacher for 33 years. I love painting,especially Impressionism; and traveling with my wife; but my other love is for cooking. Over the years I have probably cooked for some 20,000 people. This includes cooking free for many groups to raise funds for worthy causes. Most of my recipes are original from me and some from my mother or my wife Dottie. This has led me to decide to share my original recipes with others. This site has 110 recipes to date! My goal is to be able to give real recipes that really are excellent. One should not expect anything exotic; but I will guarantee they will impress anyone who loves to eat. FIRST GO TO GOOGLE AND PRINT IN THE WHITE BOX FRANK ASHTON ORIGINAL RECIPES AND CLICK ON THAT. Frank Ashton Original Recipes should come up. To print a recipe save it to favorites and then click on the recipe on favorites and you will then be able to print it. THERE ARE OVER 50 VEGETARIAN (MEAT FREE) RECIPES LOOK FOR THE ASTERISK * IN FRONT OF EACH RECIPE OR WORDS VEGETARIAN STYLE

Thursday, April 21, 2011

* SHRIMP BISQUE ASHTON STYLE #(48)

INGREDIENTS: (VEGETARIAN STYLE, ELIMINATE THE CHICKEN AND USE VEGTABLE BASE OR YOUR OWN BY SIMMERING CELERY, CARROTS, ONIONS, PARSNIPS, AND ANY
OTHER VEGTABLES YOU LIKE AND MAKE YOUR OWN VEGTABLE STOCK)
1 whole chicken (for vegetarian style eliminate the chicken and use
   Penzeys Vegtable Base or equivilent)
2 to 3 pounds of  shrimp (40 to 60 to a pound)
1 qt half and half
16 oz heavy cream
2 carrots peeled and minced
2 stalks of celery, minced
2 to 3 shallots peeled and minced or 1 lg onion minced
8 oz of crushed tomatoes
1 bunch of fresh thyme (remove after soup is done)
3 bay leaves (remove after soup is done)
1 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper
4 to 6 oz of brandy
1 stick of butter cut into small pieces
1/2 cup of virgin olive oil
16 oz of Pinot Grigio white wine
(could be white dry wine also)
1 tsp of saffron

optional:
1(6oz) lobster tail cooked and (cut into small pieces)
(gives an added flavor to this dish)
10 drops of red and 10 drops of
yellow food coloring

DIRECTIONS:
1. put the whole chicken in about
   2 qts of  water in a soup pot with the
   3 tab of Millers or equiv. soup base and
   cook for 1 1/2 hrs remove chicken
   save chicken stock (VEG STYLE, ELIMINATE
   CHICKEN AND CHICKEN BASE AND  put
   3 tab of Penzeys Veg Base or equiv or a box of
   veg stock
2. put 8 oz of virgin olive oil and 1 stick
   of butter in a lg fry pan and making sure
   the shrimp is dry and  fry 1/2 the shrimp
   with the tails on until almost done; add the
   saffron to the shrimp and stir in (set shrimp aside)
3. add the other half of the shrimp and
   this is the time to add the lobster and
   cook until done (more saffron if you have it)
   (set aside separate from first shrimp and save
   the oil in the pan for frying the vegtables; add
   a little more oil and butter if necessary)
4. remove tails from all the shrimp and
    put them in a small pan with 16 oz of
    water and cook about 20 minutes or so
    and strain flavored juice into the soup pot
5. in the fry pan, add minced carrots, minced shallots or onion,
    and cook until translucent
6. add 8 oz of crushed tomatoes to the pan of
    vegtables
7. add the salt and pepper
8. put the first shrimp into a blender
    and mix until medium ground
9. cut the second shrimp and optioinal lobster
    into small pieces and add to the soup pot
10. add the ground shrimp to the soup pot
11. add the wine, and chicken stock to the
     soup pot
12. add the half and half and the heavy cream
      to the soup pot and stir until incorporated
13. cook soup over moderate heat over a defuser
      continually  stiring until it is done (about a half
      an hour or so)
13. add the optional food coloring and stir in well
      (cream colored soup is better than white soup)
14. taste for flavor and salt (add an additional tab of
     Millers soup base or so until your satisfied with
    flavor and salt
15. this will serve 8 to 10 people generously (ENJOY)

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