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

 Preparation Steps
 Sauté veggies: Melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion, celery, carrot, and garlic 8 mins until soft.
 Make roux: Stir in flour. Cook 2 mins to remove raw taste.
 Build broth: Gradually whisk in stock, sherry, tomato paste, bay leaf, Old Bay, and paprika. Simmer 15 mins.
 Blend: Remove bay leaf. Purée soup until smooth (strain for ultra-silkiness if desired).
 Finish: Add cream, crab, shrimp, and brandy. Simmer 5 mins (don’t boil—shrimp will toughen!).

 Times
Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 30 mins

Total: 45 mins

 Serving Size: 6
 Calories per Serving: ~380 kcal