Cioppino

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups chopped onions
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 (28 ounce) can whole canned tomatoes (and the juice)
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 3 -3 1/2 lbs mixed seafood (such as clams, oysters, mussels, shrimp, fish, scallops, cooked canned crab, or cooked canned)

Recipe

• 1 in a large dutch oven, saute onions, celery green pepper, and garlic in oil until tender.
• 2 add the tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, italian seasoning, salt, pepper, water, and wine.
• 3 break up the tomatoes and heat to a boil.
• 4 reduce heat and boil gently uncovered for 30 minutes.
• 5 prepare the seafood: scrub clams, oysters and mussels under running water; place in 1/2 inch of boiling water in saucepan. c.
• 6 cover and boil gently for about 3 minutes--just until the shells open (discard any that do not open).
• 7 shell and devein the shrimp.
• 8 cut the fish up into bite size pieces.
• 9 add the fish to the tomato mixture; boil gently for 5 minutes.
• 10 add the scallops, shrimp, and craw fish; cook 5 more minutes.
• 11 add the cooked lobster, crab meat, and the reserved shell fish; heat to serving temperature.