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