Lobster Soup

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Serves 4.

Ingredients:

• 3 lb. of lobster meat
• 3 teaspoon annato seed oil
• 1 cup of onion(chopped)
• 3/4 cup green bell pepper (chopped)
• 2 garlic cloves(chopped)
• 1/2 cup of celery (chopped)
• 1/2 cup of carrot(slice thin)
• 1 cup of calabaza
• 1 cups of wine (white dry)
• 4 medium tomatoes; (peeled, seeded, and cho
• 2 cups uncooked white rice
• 3 cups of stock (lobster, fish or chicken); made from lobster shell
• 1/4 cup of small pimiento stuffed olives
• 1/2 teaspoonground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon of ground dry oregano
• 1 tablespoon of capers
• 2 teaspoon of paprika
• 2 teapoon cumin
• 1 pinch saffron
• 2 whole bay leaves
• 3 leaves of culandro
• salt to taste
• 3 sprigs green scallion slices

Directions:

• If you have Sofrito just add it to the kettle bring to heat and add the celery, carrots, tomatoes, calabaza, wine, stock, etc.
• To start from scratch you add the annato seed oil to the soup kettle, bring to heat, saute' onion and green bell pepper until soft, then add the garlic, celery, carrots, calabaza, tomatoes, white wine, fish or lobster stock, add the 2 cups of rice.
• Also add the bay leaves, paprika, caper, olives, cumin, salt, pepper, pinch of saffron, cilantro, & oregano.
• Add the lobster meat. Cover & let simmer, cook about 35 minutes.
• Serve in deep bowls.Sprinkle scallion and cilantro for garnish.