caterina cacciatore

first make Fraz Fries

these are potatoes shredded and fried up in butter oil bacon grease what have you into a crispy hash brown cake to have with two om egg yolks

make too many shredded potatoes / more than you need for breakfast ~~ add some shredded carrots / some parsnips that have been peeled and cored / these are to make a soup or a bisque or something like that

saute some onion leek garlic / as much of each as you fancy / in a heavy soup pot / in butter/olive oil or what you prefer like coconut oil is good too

when they are nicely softened or carmelized add the shredded vegetables and at least a quart of broth

well here the purpose of this vegetable circus is to use up some of the chicken broth that the duck was simmered in / there are two quarts of "duck" broth so use one or both of them / or chicken stock from a box / or vegetable broth if that suits you best

simmer until the vegetables are tender / cool it enough to puree it in a blender / add some cream / season with salt pepper whatever else it calls for

in this case it was a little on the parsnippy side / cinnamon and nutmeg and cayenne pepper joined the fun / quite yum

serve with a glob of tomato/garlic jam and some cubes of a good melting cheese like Gruyere

this is just a basic idea of how to make a vegetable bisque

there are endless variations / what makes a bisque a bisque is the pureed business and the addition of cream / classic or traditional bisque usually has some liquor in it at some point / like sherry in shrimp bisque / this is purely optional