ICELANDIC LOBSTER SOUP

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This recipe is a delicious Icelandic specialty. It is served by families during the winter holidays and is a restaurant specialty in coastal towns around the island. After a vacation to Iceland, I searched fervently for the recipe, and through research with trial and error, came up with this very authentic version. The soup is best enjoyed with slices of baguette.

Provided by lextalionis

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Seafood

Time 2h49m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 18

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Ingredients

10 tablespoons butter, divided
2 large onions, coarsely chopped
5 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons salt
2 pounds lobster tails - shelled, meat coarsely chopped, and shells reserved
8 button mushrooms, chopped
1 Red Delicious apple, coarsely chopped
1 red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
4 carrots, coarsely chopped
¼ cup tomato paste
3 ½ quarts water
2 tablespoons ground paprika
2 tablespoons curry powder
2 tablespoons dried tarragon
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cayenne pepper
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Steps:

Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onions, garlic, and salt; cook and stir until onions soften, about 5 minutes. Add lobster shells, mushrooms, apple, red bell pepper, carrots, and tomato paste. Cook and stir until vegetables soften, about 7 minutes. Add water, paprika, curry, tarragon, chili powder, and cayenne pepper. Simmer soup over medium-low heat, uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 2 hours.
Remove soup from heat; strain liquid through a mesh colander into a bowl to yield about 2 quarts. Discard lobster shells and vegetables. Rinse the pot.
Melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter in the pot over medium heat. Add flour; mix vigorously into a thick roux, scraping the bottom of the pot, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the strained liquid, 2 cups at a time, mixing well until entirely smooth, about 5 minutes. Stir in heavy cream, maintaining a low simmer. Divide lobster meat evenly into serving bowls; ladle hot soup generously on top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 275.6 calories, Carbohydrate 12.6 g, Cholesterol 97.8 mg, Fat 19.4 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 14.3 g, SaturatedFat 11.7 g, Sodium 1537.3 mg, Sugar 4.2 g