Title: Cioppino
Categories: Main dish, Fish, Italian
Yield: 8 Servings

24 Clams or mussels*
1 tb Corn starch
3 Small lobsters; or
3 Dungeness crabs; cracked
1/2 c Olive oil
2 Cloves
Minced garlic
2 Chopped onions
6 Chopped green onions
3 Chopped ribs of celery
1 Chopped green bell pepper
1 ts Chopped fresh thyme
1 Bay leaf
2 c Chopped fresh tomatoes
1 cn Plum tomatoes
2 c Red or white wine
1 ts Crushed fennel seed
Good sized pinch saffron
1/4 c Chopped parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
32 Small cleaned shrimp
2 lb Red snapper; cut into pieces
1 Clove garlic
1 ts Anchovy paste

* cleaned and scrubbed 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. Philip Schulz
PRODIGY service Guest Chef FROM: GUEST CHEF (EXPT46B)

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