Lobster and coconut soup with ginger
One of Delia's cheats that turns a good soup into a brilliant one. Lobster bisque is an excellent cheat for using as a strong seafood stock; adding coconut milk to it is genius
| Lobster and coconut soup with ginger | |
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| Servings: | Serves 2 as a main course or 4 as a starter |
| Calories per serving: | 702 |
| Ready in: | 15 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 5 minutes |
| Cook time: | 10 minutes |
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| Recipe author: | Chef |
| First published: | 17th January 2013 |
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Best recipe reviewMore than a starter
4.8/5 This is so good it could win prizes. |
Ingredients
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- 415 g can of quality lobster bisque soup. Baxters is probably the best, but most supermarket 'own-brands' are as good.
- 200g of canned coconut milk - freeze the other half for next time
- 1 tablespoon of very lazy ginger, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce (nam pla)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Grated zest from half a lime
- Handful of chopped coriander leaves
Method
- Heat the soup, coconut milk and the ginger in a large pan
- Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes
- Just before serving, stir in the lime and the fish sauce
- Garnish with coriander and serve
Serving suggestions
Serve with crusty bread
Variations
Add a handful of prawns at the last minute to make this a really special meal.
See also
Interesting lobster recipes
- All about the lobster
- Lobster roll - a kind of sandwich filled with lobster meat
- Lobster thermidor - lobster cooked with a rich creamy seafood sauce, topped with parmesan cheese
- Lobster Newberg - the story of how Lobster a la Wenberg became Lobster a la Newberg
- Bill Granger's Lobster with Preserved Lemon - Australian chef and restaurateur, Bill Granger shows us an unusual way to prepare lobster tails with preserved lemons
- Spicy prawn ravioli in lobster bisque - a pasta dish with lobster meat
- Lobster and coconut soup with ginger - a Delia Smith cheat to turn a great soup into a brilliant one
- Peppers stuffed with lobster cream (TM) - small sweet peppers filled with a creamy seafood sauce, created with Thermomix
- Lobster bisque - make the classic lobster soup at home
- Prawn thermidor - an economical way to assimilate the classic lobster dish
- Thermidor sauce - make the classic thermidor sauce to use with pasta, vegetables or even as a dip
- Dublin lawyer - a rich Irish seafood dish utilising fresh lobster, cream, whiskey and sometimes mushrooms
- Salmon and prawn tagliatelle - a seafood dish using lobster bisque
- Fish chunks in lobster sauce with fresh pasta - another seafood dish using lobster bisque
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