* Exported from MasterCook *

SHRIMP SOUP TRADITIONAL - SOUPA ME GARIDES

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : 10-20G Low Carb Soup Seafood


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 lb Shrimp -- 500gr prawns
1 Leek
1 Carrot
1 stalk Celery
2 tbsp Vinegar
Butter
1 1/2 tbsp Flour
1 Egg Yolks
1 tsp red wine
salt and pepper
1 tbsp Tomato Paste
1 sm can Mussels -- optional

Put 2 tablespoons of vinegar, 1 tablespoon of tomato paste and the salt in a pot of water. Bring to a boil and add the shrimp. Let boil for 8 minutes, if they are small, 12 minutes is large. Remove from the fire and let cool in their own water. Clean the shrimp and remove their tails. Pound the heads in a mortar. Put the pulp in a pot with shrimp broth to boil, then strain through a sieve. Put a pot containing 4 tablespoons of butter on the fire. Slice 1 leek, 1 to 2 carrots and a little celery, wash, then add to the pot, stirring with a wooden spoon, until well browned. Add the flour. Still stirring, add the shrimp broth and let boil about 15 minutes. Strain through a sieve into another pot. Bring again to a boil and add thickened flour, beaten egg yolk. Add 1/4 cup of the wine and a little pepper. Cut the tails in small pieces and add them to the soup along with the mussels if desired. Serve hot.

Cuisine:
"Greek"



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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 177 Calories; 3g Fat (18.0% calories from fat); 25g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 227mg Cholesterol; 234mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : The AUSSIE Low Carb Gourmet Tony Blakemore July. 2001
e-mail Tony@carb-lite.au.com
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