Lobster Bisque

Ingredients
1 lobster, 1 to 2 lbs

2 celery stalks, chopped

1 shallot, minced

1 cup butter

1 cup onion, chopped

2 cups half and half

Lobster broth

1 teaspoon paprika

½ to 1 cup sherry

Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste

1 cup flour

3 cups reserved lobster broth

1. Half fill a large Dutch oven with water. Add celery and boil. When water is at a full boil, drop in lobster. Boil until red and cooked. Remove lobster from water and set aside to cool. Don’t overcook. Reserve lobster broth.

2. Rinse Dutch oven and return to stove. Melt butter and sauté onion and shallot. Add half and half and half of the lobster broth, heat until steaming. Add paprika and sherry. Salt and pepper to taste.

3. Mix together three cups lobster broth and flour. Heat until thickened, stirring all the time. Add to Dutch oven.

4. Remove meat from lobster and add to Dutch oven. Simmer, uncovered for approx 15 minutes.

Serves approx 10