Creamy Lobster (seafood) Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 4 lobsters, bodies
• 1 large onion, chunked
• 5 stalks celery, chunked
• 1 large potato, chunked
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
• 3 bay leaves
• 6 cups water
• 2 cups frozen peas
• 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
• 2 cups diced carrots
• 1 finely chopped onion
• 3 large potatoes, cubed
• 2 cups imitation crabmeat or 2 cups fresh crabmeat, if you have it
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups vegetable stock
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
• 1/2 cup sherry wine
• salt
• pepper
• 80 unsalted saltine crackers (2 packages)

Recipe

• 1 stock:.
• 2 combine the first 7 ingredients in a large pot and bring to a full boil.
• 3 cook at the full boil for approx 1 hour.
• 4 use a colander to drain.
• 5 return liquid to the pot.
• 6 dispose of the carcass.
• 7 puree the cooked vegetables and set a side to be used as a thickener later.
• 8 soup:.
• 9 combine the rest of the ingredients (except the crackers) in your large pot.
• 10 bring to a boil.
• 11 cook for 1 - 1 1/2 hours on medium heat - stirring occasionally.
• 12 salt and pepper to taste.
• 13 add the crackers approximately 15 - 20 minutes before serving. the crackers dissolve and thicken your soup.
• 14 the crackers are used rather than flour or starch in order to freeze the soup without it separating and they do not take away any of the flavour.