What Is The Difference Between Tomato Soup And Tomato Bisque

Because of this distinction there are many who argue that tomato bisque is not a true bisque at all because it has no crustacean products mixed in.

Bisque is of french origin and it commonly used to describe a highly seasoned and creamy french soup that is made from the strained broth of crustaceans such as crab shrimp crayfish and lobster. A tomato soup is any kind of soup of which the main ingredient is tomato. In this conclusion that we get is the only difference between a tomato bisque and soup in modern usage is whether it has cream. A bisque technically is a shellfish based soup so lobster bisque my favorite is more of a tomato bisque than tomato bisque.

Generally speaking a bisque has now come to mean a soup with heavy cream in it. Call it bisque and charge 15 99 for something slightly better than canned. Tomato bisque is a wonderfully rich tangy creamy soup but still a soup. But if one has a shellfish allergy i d ask your server if a bisque has shellfish just to be safe.