Prawn and whiting bisque

• ⏲️ Prep time: 15 min
• 🍳 Cook time: ~60 min
• 🍽️ Servings: 10

Ingredients

• 75g carrots, diced
• 75g onions, diced
• 75g celery, diced
• 75g leeks, diced
• 100g butter
• 250g whiting fillets, skinned
• 750g prawns
• 50ml brandy
• 150ml white wine
• 2 litre fish stock
• 1 boquet garni
• 12 peppercorns, crushed
• 150g tomatoes, peeled and pipped
• 125g rice
• salt
• 150g cream

Directions

1. Lightly cook the carrots, onions, celery and leeks in the butter.
2. Add the whiting and prawns and cook for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add the warmed brandy and ignite, pour in the wine and reduce.
4. Moisten with the stock, add boquet garni, peppercorns and tomatoes, allow to boil.
5. Add rice, simmer for 45 minutes.
6. Pass soup through a mill, then a fine strainer.
7. Reheat, correct seasonings and finsih with cream.
8. Garnish with dice of prawns.