bisque
Thick shellfish soup
Bisque is a rich, creamy soup, traditionally made from shellfish like lobster or crab, with the shells ground and strained to produce a smooth texture: lobster bisque, She ordered a cup of the tomato bisque.
The term has broadened to include other pureed soups with a velvety consistency.
Separately, bisque refers to unglazed ceramic ware with a matte finish, fired but not yet coated: bisque porcelain, The figurines were left in bisque.
Lacking vitreous coating
- firedTerminated from employment
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- ceramicsHardened clay objects
- porcelainTranslucent fired clay
earthenware · stoneware · greenware · firing · matte · porous · clay · underglaze
Large marine shellfish
- crabPincer-bearing shellfish
- shrimpSmall edible crustacean
- crawfishSmall freshwater lobster relative
- langoustineSmall clawed crustacean
prawn · scallop · clams · oysters · mussels · shellfish · crustacean · briny
Thick creamy seafood soup
- veloutéStock-based white sauce
- consomméClarified, concentrated stock
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
- pureeSmoothly blended food
bouillabaisse · vichyssoise · gumbo · potage · cream soup · silky · smooth · blended
Characteristic cooking style
- gastronomyScience of fine dining
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- EscoffierPioneering French culinary master
- rouxCooked fat-flour paste
cream · butter · refined · elegant · fine dining · French cooking · sauce · traditional
unglazed
Lacking vitreous coating
porcelain · earthenware · stoneware · greenware · firing · matte · porous · clay · underglaze · whiteware
lobster
Large marine shellfish
langoustine · prawn · scallop · clams · oysters · mussels · shellfish · crustacean · briny · maritime
chowder
Thick creamy seafood soup
puree · bouillabaisse · vichyssoise · gumbo · potage · cream soup · silky · smooth · blended · strained
cuisine
Characteristic cooking style
- gastronomyScience of fine dining
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- EscoffierPioneering French culinary master
roux · cream · butter · refined · elegant · fine dining · French cooking · sauce · traditional · Normandy
pinkish-orange
Warm pale citrus tone
apricot · cantaloupe · terracotta · muted · dusty · warm · blush · neutral · nude · interior design
- fish stewsfish stew, fish soup, bouillabaisse, cioppino, seafood chowder
- Soupstomato soup, chicken noodle soup, vegetable soup, onion soup, miso soup
- liquidswater, milk, oil, blood, juice
- ceramicspottery, porcelain, cup, bowl, plate
- clay & ceramicsterracotta, porcelain, stoneware, earthenware, kaolin
- potterypot, pottery, clay pottery, throwing, ceramic vase
bisquebroth
Clear simmered meat liquid
consommé · bouillon · stock · bone broth · dashi
bisqueglazed pottery
Ceramic with vitreous coating
porcelain · glaze · glossy finish · lusterware · majolica
- lobster bisqueCreamy crustacean-based soup
- shrimp bisqueCreamy crustacean-based soup
- tomato bisqueSmooth soup from red fruit
- crab bisquePureed shellfish cream soup
- bisque dollUnglazed porcelain toy figure
- crawfish bisqueCreamy shellfish soup, Southern style