Crawfish Bisque

== Description ==
A terrific soup from Texas Tapestry cookbook. Enjoy!
== Ingredients ==
* ½ cup corn oil or bacon fat
* ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
* 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
* 1 – 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
* 1 stalk celery and leaves, chopped
* 4 scallions, white and green parts chopped separately
* 1 quart water
* ¼ cup tomato paste
* 1 teaspoon dried thyme
* 1 bay leaf
* 6 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
* 8 allspice berries
* 3 cloves
* 1 teaspoon salt
* ¼ teaspoon black pepper
* ¼ teaspoon white pepper
* ¼½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* 3 lbs uncooked crayfish tails, with fat if available
* hot freshly cooked rice
== Directions ==
# Heat the oil in a large, heavy pan.
# Add the flour and cook, stirring, to make medium brown roux (the color of peanut butter).
# Add the onion, garlic, celery and the white parts of the scallions and cook until softened, stirring occasionally.
# Gradually stir in the water, then add the tomato paste, thyme, bay leaf, 4 tbsp of the parsley, allspice berries, cloves, salt, peppers, cayenne to taste and the lemon juice.
# Bring to a boil, stirring well.
# Chop about one-quarter of the crawfish tails and add with the fat, if available.
# Cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
# Add the remaining whole crawfish tails and simmer, covered for 15 minutes or longer.
# Stir in the green parts of the scallions and the remaining parsley.
# Serve hot over rice.
== Note ==
If available, add 12 or more stuffed crawfish heads (thawed if frozen) 5 minutes before serving.
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