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Entry The Fourth by Mamushka Doll

>Red potato lobster bisque with brie duchess potatoes and purple dauphin potatoes. Description and pics to follow later

>Lobster bisque usually uses rice but this is a potato challenge so I used those instead. First I steamed lobster tails and reserved the liquid. Set aside the meat and rough chopped some carrot, celery, onion, garlic, with bay leaves and lemon thyme, then sautéed it with the lobster shells. Also roasted half a bell pepper and used some saffron. In a pot I browned cubed red potatoes until cooked and added a tablespoon of tomato paste then deglazed with chardonnay. Was going to use a brut champagne but didn't have it and decided not to use the rosé.
>Discarded lobster shells and herbs then added the lobster meat, vegetables, and liquid to the pot with the potatoes and let it all simmer together then blended it and added half and half and thyme.

>For the duchess potatoes I browned white potatoes until cooked through then mashed with triple creme brie and sour cream and green scallions, piped onto a baking dish and baked at 400.

>For the potato dauphin I boiled purple potatoes until tender then mashed into a choux paste and fried. They came out light and airy, and held a nice blue color that my phone just couldn't capture.

>Everything tasted great by itself and worked really well together. Never made any of this before. It was a complete pain in the ass, but definitely worth the effort.

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Red potato lobster bisque with brie duchess potatoes and purple dauphin potatoes. Description and pics to follow later