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Clam and Tomato Bisque
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Clam and Tomato Bisque

10 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

828
Calories
40g
Protein
19g
Fat
124g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 quart clams
  • 1½ cups cold water
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • ⅓ cup flour
  • ½ onion
  • 2 cups cream
  • 1 cup stewed and strained tomatoes
  • ⅛ teaspoon soda
  • Salt
  • Cayenne

Directions

1

Pour water over clams, then drain. To water add hard part of clams finely chopped. Heat slowly to boiling-point, cook twenty minutes, then strain. Cook butter with onion five minutes; remove onion, add flour and gradually clam water. Add cream, soft part of clams, and as soon as boiling-point is reached, tomatoes to which soda has been added. Season with salt and cayenne, and serve at once.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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