Autumn All Year

Seafood Bisque - Delicious Creamy Bisque Will Make You Feel Warm And Cozy!

• Serves: 2
• Prep time: 10 mins
• Cook time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

1. 3 cups fish (or chicken) stock
2. 2 ounces cream cheese
3. 2 tbsp sour cream
4. 2 strips of bacon
5. 1/2 lb shelled mussels (meat only, thawed)
6. 1/2 lb shrimp (thawed)
7. Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Cook bacon and set aside.
2. Combine fish or chicken stock, cream cheese (softened to room temp), and sour cream in a stock pot and blend well with immersion blender. If you don't have an immersion blender, this can also be done in a traditional blender.
3. Bring stock mixture to a boil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
4. Once boiling, reduce heat to simmer and add seafood.
5. Seafood cooks quickly so keep a close eye on it at this stage. Shrimp are cooked when they turn from white to pink. Mussels are cooked when their texture becomes firm.
6. Once your seafood is cooked, turn the heat off, add heavy cream, stir to combined and heat through, and serve topped with crumbled bacon.

Subs & Adds

• If you do not have fish stock this can also be made with chicken stock.
• There are many different protein options for this dish. In addition to mussels and shrimp, you can add pre-cooked diced chicken, Cajun sausage, cod, halibut, crab or lobster meat, etc.