🦀🍤 Creamy Crab & Shrimp Seafood Bisque – Decadent Restaurant-Style Elegance!

 Ingredients
For the Bisque Base:

1/4 cup (60g) butter

1 onion, finely diced

2 celery stalks, finely diced

1 carrot, finely diced

4 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup (30g) flour (or 2 tbsp cornstarch for gluten-free)

4 cups (1L) seafood stock

1 cup (240ml) heavy cream

1/2 cup (120ml) dry sherry (or white wine)

2 tbsp (30g) tomato paste

1 bay leaf

1 tsp (5g) Old Bay seasoning

1/2 tsp (2g) smoked paprika

For the Seafood:

1 lb (450g) lump crab meat (fresh or canned)

1/2 lb (225g) shrimp, peeled & chopped

2 tbsp (30ml) brandy (optional, but classic)

Garnish:

Fresh chives, chopped

A drizzle of sherry cream (mix 1 tbsp sherry + 2 tbsp cream)

Paprika sprinkle

 Tools Needed
Large Dutch oven (5-qt)

Immersion blender (or regular blender)

Fine-mesh sieve

Ladle

Instructions:

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