Cioppino

Cioppino

A Valentine’s Day meal like this Cioppino should be something special and seafood is always memorable. With as many kinds of seafood delicacies as cioppino has to offer it is sure to please.

This is like a seafood stew, except that there is just about everything from the sea that you can think of in here. Oh, and did I mention that the broth is out of this world! Don’t worry about the amount of garlic, it looks like a lot but trust me, you need it. There are so many bold flavors in this dish it total blends in a makes the whole dish sing!

A veritable feast for your senses. We have been working on this recipe for awhile, trying to perfect it, we are getting close. Here is what we have come up with so far.

Now that says “cara mia, ti voglio bene”.

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Yield: 6 Servings

Cioppino

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A Valentine’s Day meal should be something special and seafood is always memorable. With as many kinds of seafood delicacies as cioppino has to offer it is sure to please.

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 55 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 large shallots, chopped
• 2 tsp. salt
• 12-16 cloves of garlic
• 1-2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1 28 oz. diced tomatoes
• 1 1/2 cups dry white wine
• 5 cups chicken stock (fish stock if you can find it)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 lb. clams, scrubbed
• 1 lb. mussels, scrubbed and debearded
• 1 lb. uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 1/2 lb. firm fish such as halibut or sea bass
• Precooked snow crab claws (optional)

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in a very large pot and saute onion and shallots until translucent.
2. Add garlic, red pepper flakes (to taste) and salt and continue to saute about another 2 min.
3. Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, wine, stock, and bay leaf.
4. Cover and bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and let simmer for 30 min.
5. Add the clams and mussels and let cook for 5 min.
6. Add the shrimp and fish and let simmer gently for another 5 min. until shrimp and fish are done and mussels and clams are open.
7. Discard any mussels or clams that have remained shut.
8. If using the snow crab claws place them in gently about 2 min. prior to the dish being finished to just heat thru.
9. Serve immediately with crusty bread.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 774Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 347mgSodium: 3297mgCarbohydrates: 35gFiber: 6gSugar: 11gProtein: 101g

Recipe calculation was provided by Nutritionix and is estimation only. If you need nutritional calculations for medical reasons, please use a source that you trust.