Erics Court Bouillon Recipes

Steps:

• Bring about 3 quarts of water to a boil. Add the wine, coriander, salt, red pepper, thyme, bay leaves, garlic and lemon to the boiling water, and then reduce the heat and simmer, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Place the lobster in the pot and simmer, 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the lobster sit in the hot water 10 minutes.
• Plunge the lobster into a salted ice bath. When completely cool, remove from the ice and serve.

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• Place all the ingredients except the salt in a pot and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for to minutes. Strain and season to taste with salt.

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• Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer for 8 minutes. Strain or use chunky the first time, then strain through a fine mesh and either refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 2 months. Either way, be sure to bring to a boil before reusing.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over high heat, combine vinegar, thyme, leek, carrot, celery, garlic, bay leaves, salt, and peppercorns with 7 cups water, and bring to a boil. Boil 10 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Store, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to 2 months.

Steps:

• Cut fish into 3 inch chunks and sprinkle with creole seasoning. Set in fridge.
• Cook veggies in butter until tender.
• Add roux (either use 4 tablespoons flour browned in a pan or oven or make with 4 tablespoons flour browned in 3 tablespoons butter).
• Add bay leaves.
• Add stock, tomatoes, other liquid ingredients and salt and pepper. Note: chicken stock or clam juice (or both) can be used if you have no fish stock.
• Simmer 20 minutes.
• Add fish, seasonings, and parsley and simmer gently for 15 more minutes.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Serve with rice in bowl.

Steps:

• Cut up leek, carrot, and celery and in a large saucepan bring to a boil with remaining ingredients. Boil mixture 10 minutes and pour through a fine sieve into a bowl. Court bouillon keeps, covered and chilled, 3 days or, frozen, 2 months.

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• Fill a large stockpot with 7 quarts of water. Make a bouquet garni: Place the herbs, spices, and bay leaves on a square of cheesecloth; tie into a bundle with kitchen twine. Add to pot. Stir in wine, leek, carrots, lemon, and salt.
• Cover, and bring mixture to a simmer over medium-low heat. Uncover; gently simmer 30 minutes. Pour through a fine sieve into a large bowl; discard solids. Let cool completely.

Steps:

• Peel carrots and cut into chunks. Put in saucepan.
• Trim off ends of leek and cut it into 1-inch lengths. Cut celery into 1-inch lengths. Add leeks and celery and onion to pot.
• Tie parsley tails, thyme and bay leaf into a bundle and add this. Add anise seeds, garlic, lemon peel, salt, peppercorns, wine and water. Bring to boil. Let simmer 20 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large heavy pot, combine and bring to a boil: 1 1/2 cups dry white wine, 4 cups water, 2 carrots, peeled and sliced, 1 celery stalk, sliced, 2 onions, peeled and sliced, 1 bay leaf, 7 black peppercorns, 6 coriander seeds, 3 thyme sprigs, A handful of parsley stems, 2 teaspoons salt.
• Skim off any rising scum. Turn down the heat and simmer for 45 minutes. Strain, discarding the solids.
• If there's no white wine, substitute about 2 tablespoons good white wine vinegar.