Cioppino

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 large green pepper, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1/3 cup tomato puree
• 1/2 cup wine
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons fresh minced parsley
• 3/4 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 1/2 lbs snow crabs or 1 1/2 lbs king crab legs
• 12 large fresh scallops
• 1 1/2 lbs cod or 1 1/2 lbs haddock
• 1 1/2 dozen littleneck clams
• 1 1/2 dozen mussels, debearded
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle clam juice, as needed

Recipe

• 1 saute the onions, garlic and green pepper in the evoo for five minutes. add the remaining sauce ingredients and simmer 1 hour.
• 2 prepare the seafood and add to the broth placing clams/mussels on the top. simmer for 20 minutes or until all seafood is cooked and clams and mussels have opened. discard any un-opened shellfish.
• 3 if it is necessary to thin the sauce use bottled clam juice, available in your loca grocery store.