Oyster and Artichoke Bisque II (an LSCDL recipe)

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Oyster and Artichoke Bisque II (an LSCDL

recipe)

Oyster and

Artichoke Bisque II

16 oz oysters, in liquor (liquid)

2 9-ounce packages fresh frozen artichoke hearts

8 slices Gene’s Crispy Bacon or simply fried crisp

8 tablespoons (1 stick or ¼ pound) butter

2 cups finely chopped yellow onion

½ cup finely minced green onion

¼ cup chopped fresh parsley

3 cups water

2 teaspoons thyme

½ teaspoon white pepper

1 teaspoon salt (optional)

2-3 bay leaves

¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 ½ cups half and half yogurt cheese

Clean oysters of any shell. Strain liquid (liquor) to be sure no pieces

are included.

Cook artichoke hearts according to package directions, using 3 cups

water. Drain, reserving artichoke stock. Trim leaves from solid hearts

and then process leaves in a blender. If additional liquid is

needed, use some of the oyster liquor. Arrange hearts in soup bowls.

In a large soup pot, either fry bacon until crispy, then remove, or,

place the drippings from Gene’s Crispy Bacon in the pan. Add the onion,

half of the green onion, parsley, and simmer for about 5 minutes.

Add oyster liquid. Add 2 cups of the reserved artichoke stock. In a

separate pan, poach the oysters in hot artichoke stock until they just

curl. Arrange, with the artichoke hearts, in the bowls.

When onions are very soft, remove from heat, cool slightly, and purée in

the blender. (This is essentially the same as adding a boiled or roasted

onion to thicken a gravy.) Return to pot.

Add the thyme, white pepper, salt (optional), bay leaves, cayenne, and

stir in well. Add the artichoke purée to the mixture and bring to a

boil.

In a bowl, blend small amounts of the soup with the yogurt cheese until

it is a runny consistency. Add to soup, and mix well. Simmer a few more

minutes. Pour ladles of hot soup over the warm oysters and artichoke

heart chunks. Top with minced green onion and crumbled bacon bits.

Variation: use shrimp instead of oysters

Note: I am usually making this with lots of other dishes, so I broil all

of the oysters on a lipped cookie sheet, pour off the liquid, and use

that instead of the artichoke stock in the soup for an extra oyster

flavor. <grin> I don't care for oysters -- it's a texture

thing -- but I love the flavor of them in things.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

Recipe

from Louisiana SCD

Lagniappe (forthcoming)

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

Recipe

from Louisiana SCD

Lagniappe (forthcoming)

[Guest guest]

You rock! This looks awesome. Now about that cookbook...

-Joanna

[Guest guest]

At 03:26 PM 7/9/2010, you wrote:

You rock! This looks awesome.

Now about that cookbook...

Well, we did spend part of this week cleaning, I think we've established

that there MAY be a dining table in that room.... I'm trying to find my

house again so I can contemplate recipe-testing again.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Do you have one of those scanners?  You can do receipts, recipes, hand-written notes, anything.  It's hand-held and you have a port for the computer.  It loads up as an image--pretty nice.  I am hoping to get rid of a lot of clutter with it...I think.

 

 

Debbie 41 cd

 

It's called Vupoint Solutions Magic Wand.

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Wizop Marilyn L. Alm wrote:

 

At 03:26 PM 7/9/2010, you wrote:

You rock! This looks awesome. Now about that cookbook...Well, we did spend part of this week cleaning, I think we've established that there MAY be a dining table in that room.... I'm trying to find my house again so I can contemplate recipe-testing again.

— Marilyn    New Orleans, Louisiana, USA    Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001    Darn Good SCD Cook

    No Human Children    Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund     Babette the Foundling Beagle       

[Guest guest]

At 08:45 PM 7/9/2010, you wrote:

Do you have one of those

scanners? You can do receipts, recipes, hand-written notes,

anything. It's hand-held and you have a port for the

computer. It loads up as an image--pretty nice. I am hoping

to get rid of a lot of clutter with it...I think.

I have a full, flatbed scanner. One of my projects is going to be to go

through three large boxes of newspaper clippings that my Mom saved, try

to figure out WHY she saved them, and then scan them, make copies for my

sister, my niece, and my nephew, and toss the paper.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle