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Simple Authentic Cioppino Recipe

"A delicious recipe for authentic Cioppino! Fresh fish & seafood is bathed in a light, fragrant tomato broth...."

INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, diced ( or sub 3 shallots)
1 medium fennel bulb, thinly sliced
2 celery stalks- chopped
2 large carrots, peeled and diced
4 garlic cloves, rough chopped
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon fresh pepper
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 cup tomato paste
 1 ½ cups dice tomatoes or 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes in juice
1 1/2 cups dry white wine 
6 cups fish stock (or use chicken broth -see notes ) 
2 bay leaf
1 pound manila clams, scrubbed ( or sub more mussels or fish) 
1 pound mussels, scrubbed, debearded ( or sub fish or shrimp) 
1/2 pound scallops or large shrimp (peeled and deveined)
1 pound firm fish – halibut, black cod or salmon – skinless and cut into 2-inch chunks
¼-½  cup fresh Italian parsley ( or basil) chopped
optional additions ( lemon, clam juice, fish sauce, anchovy paste – see notes)
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