Seafood bisque - Legendary Recipes %

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 large green prawns, peeled, deveined, heads and shells reserved
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 1 small carrot, finely chopped
• 1 celery stick, finely chopped
• 3 large garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1L (4 cups) water
• 80ml (1/3 cup) dry white wine
• 55g (1/4 cup) medium-grain rice
• 1 50g sachet tomato paste
• Pinch of saffron threads
• 375ml (1 1/2 cups) water, extra
• Salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 8 Tasmanian scallops, deveined
• 1 250g piece Atlantic salmon fillet, skinned, cut into 2cm pieces
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves picked
• 20g (1 tablespoon) light Dairy Soft (Devondale brand)
• 2 large garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 30cm baguette, cut into 2cm-thick slices