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Awesome Maine Lobster Bisque

Source of Recipe

Maine Lobster Promo; Pat Sprankle, Nashua, NH, 1998


List of Ingredients

2 each 1 1/2 lb. live Maine lobsters, cooked
2 Tablespoons butter
2 1/2 cups milk
2 cups heavy cream
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper




Recipe

Remove all the meat from the lobster shells and cut into bite size pieces. Set meat aside and discard shells and intestinal tract.

Melt the butter in a large heavy saucepan and add the lobster meat, sauté for 2-3 minutes over medium heat.

Add the milk, cream, salt and pepper, cooking until hot but do not bring to a boil.

Remove pan from heat and ladle into soup bowls; serve immediately with oyster crackers if desired.

Serves 4.