Saturday, February 27, 2010

Lobster Soup

Last Friday I completely out did myself and made a fabulous meal for dinner. We were expecting company and Davíð thought it would be good to do something great.
So I made Lobster soup from scratch.
It was amazing, especially considering the fact that, generally speaking, I can not cook.
But here it is, you need:
Lobster, frozen is fine
little shrimps
carrot
onion
celery sticks
canola oil
dill
rosemary
paprika powder
flour
water
cream
wine
salt and pepper
beef bullion

Then this is what you do:
The most painful first, shelling all the lobster. Put all the meat in a bowl with shelled shrimp and set aside to defrost.
Put shells in a large pot with oil.
Add diced vegetables and fry up.
Add spices.
Add about 9 cups water and 4 tablespoons flour.
Mix well, bring to boil and allow to simmer for 20 min. or so.
Strain mixture. Only super tasty broth will remain in pot. The rest you can throw out.
*****If you do not want to eat it until the next day you can stop now and save in fridge, if not, continue on.
Add shrimp and lobster and bring back to boil.
Just before serving add wine and cream.
TADA!
It does taste great, but really should be eaten that day.
Our only problem came when our dinner guests did not show up and we had to eat a lot! Even send some over to other friends to help out.
But everything worked in the end, and the soup was amazing, so maybe I can cook, a little.

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