Clam, Lobster & Shrimp Cioppino

Name: Clam, Lobster and Shrimp Cioppino
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: clams; cornstarch; lobsters; olive oil; cloves; garlic; onions; scallions, spring or green onions; celery stalks; green bell peppers; thyme; bay leaves; tomatoes; italian plum (roma) tomatoes; red wine; fennel seeds; saffron threads; parsley leaves; salt and black pepper; shrimp; red snapper fillets; garlic; anchovy paste

Submitted by bigbird

Lobster or Crab Cioppino recipe

YIELD

8 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

15 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

EACH CLAMS
or mussels, cleaned *

TABLESPOON CORNSTARCH

SMALL LOBSTERS
or, 3 dungeness crabs, cracked *

CUP OLIVE OIL

EACH CLOVES *

X GARLIC
minced *

EACH ONIONS
chopped

EACH SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
chopped

EACH CELERY STALKS
chopped

EACH GREEN BELL PEPPERS
chopped

TEASPOON THYME
chopped *

EACH BAY LEAVES *

CUPS TOMATOES
fresh, chopped

CAN ITALIAN PLUM (ROMA) TOMATOES *

CUPS RED WINE
or white *

TEASPOON FENNEL SEEDS
crushed

X SAFFRON THREADS
good sized pinch *

CUP PARSLEY LEAVES
chopped

X SALT AND BLACK PEPPER
to taste *

SMALL SHRIMP
cleaned *

POUNDS RED SNAPPER FILLETS
cut into pieces

CLOVE GARLIC

TEASPOON ANCHOVY PASTE *

Directions

Soak clams or mussels in a large pot of cold water with corn starch.

Drain several times in cold water. Clean and cut into pieces lobsters or crabs.

Crack as needed. Heat olive oil in a large pot and add cloves; garlic, onions, celery, bell pepper, thyme, bay leaf, tomatoes, wine, fennel seed, saffron, parsley and salt and pepper.

Cook 5 minutes. add shrimp and snapper, Cook, covered, stirring once, for 5 minutes.

Mash in 1 clove garlic with anchovy paste and stir into stew.

Cook 5 more minutes.