crab recipes – Lagniappe Recipe: Crab & Corn Bisque
Lagniappe Recipe: Crab & Corn Bisque
This is most likely the best gourmet Crab & Corn Bisque you will ever serve. It's rich, it's delicious and it's unbelievably easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
1 pint lump crabmeat
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter (do not substitute margarine)
1-1/2 cups finely chopped sweet onion
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
6 cups fresh corn kernels (see 'Recipe Note 1' below)
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
1-1/2 quarts heavy cream
3/4 cup thinly sliced green onions, white and green portions
3-4 additional green onions, thinly sliced for garnish
Preparation:
Gently pick through the crabmeat to remove any bits of shell or cartilage, being careful not to break up lumps of crabmeat; set aside. Melt butter in a 5- to 6-quart Dutch oven over medium heat. Add chopped onion and saute until translucent (approximately 10 minutes). Whisk in flour, then add corn kernels. Continue to cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add salt and pepper, then stir in heavy cream and lower heat. Cover and cook over low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally -- do not boil (see 'Recipe Note 2' below). Stir in sliced green onions, then very gently fold in crabmeat, being careful not to break up lumps. Return bisque to a simmer over low heat, cover and cook for an additional 10 minutes; stir once. Additional seasoning may be added, if desired, before serving. Garnish with additional sliced green onions and serve with oyster crackers or French bread. Yields 6 to 8 servings as an entree. Freezes beautifully.
Recipe Notes:
(1) An equal amount of thawed frozen corn or drained canned corn may be substituted for fresh corn in this recipe.
(2) Do not allow bisque to come to a hard boil during preparation to prevent cream from separating.
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That is the reaction for most people. But as soon as you try these simple low cholesterol pizza recipes, you'll know it's true.
Personally I love pizza. I can't live without the smell of freshly baked, cheesy tasting pizza with bunch of veggies or other stuff.
Every time I watch movie at home, I have to bake a pizza. Otherwise I do not enjoy myself watching the movie. Which is about once a week.
I think that having pizza once a week is not a bad thing.
If you do not overeat of course. And if you know how to cook low fat low cholesterol pizza, you have nothing to be ashamed for.
Ok, let's stop talking, put on some chef’s uniform and presto; you have just become healthy pizza chef.
Healthy Pizza Recipe Preparation:
When trying to prepare healthy pizza, start with a fat-free pizza dough or crust. I love to prepare pizza out of pita bread. For all pizza, use substitution like fat-free cheese, fat free tomato sauce, crushed red pepper or garlic (which has cholesterol lowering properties).
Just be creative. Follow the samples of low cholesterol pizza recipes below and let your imagination create something great.
Here are samples of my favorite pizza recipes:
Breakfast Pizza
You can just scramble some egg whites and put it on the top of your pitta bread or fat-free pizza crust. If you can find whole-wheat one, you are better off.
Top it with:
-smoked turkey "bacon"
-grated fat-free cheddar cheese
-diced green onions
Bake or broil your pizza until cheese melts. Cool down for a 5 minutes and enjoy.
Vegetable Pizza
Start with a whole-wheat crust. Top it with these:
-fat free mozzarella cheese, shredded
-sliced mushrooms
-diced red and greed peppers
-diced onions
Again bake it as an example above. Until cheese is melted.
Hummus Pizza
On top of your crust spread fat free hummus and top with:
-diced tomatoes
-chopped parsley
-ground cumin
Bake or broil until heated through. About 10 minutes on 350 degrees F.
Like I said before, experiment with these samples and you can create your own low cholesterol low fat pizza.
Hope you will get a lot of good ideas on how to make great tasting, yet healthier pizza.
And remember, you can use pita bread, all vegetables on your pizza. You can also cut skinless chicken breasts on stripes, grill it using something like George Freeman Grill and add that on top of your pizza.
Use your imagination!
Visit Brett Slansky's web site for more low cholesterol recipes.
About The Author
Bretislav Slansky has over 17 years of experience as a personal fitness trainer and health coach. Visit http://lowering-cholesterol-info.com for more easy to understand ways to lower high cholesterol levels.
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