Lindy’s Cioppino
Lindy’s Cioppino is actually a combination of two of my favorite seafood stews, Cioppino and Bouillabaisse. While many of the ingredients are the same, many are not, so I picked and chose what I liked about each and put them together for this delicious filling fish stew.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 celery stalk diced
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 leek cleaned, cut in half and then thinly sliced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ¼ cup chopped fennel
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ bay leaf
- 1 cup dry white wine or white vermouth
- 2 cups crushed tomatoes with juice
- 1 cup bottled clam juice or Lindy's Fumet
- Large pinch red pepper flakes
- Pinch of saffron threads
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 12 whole mussels or clams or splurge and use both cleaned
- 12 whole raw medium shrimp shelled and deveined, tails left on
- ½ pound bay scallops
- 1 Dungeness crab cleaned, broken into pieces and cracked or lobster cut into pieces, or other crab if you have a local favorite
- 1 pound snapper halibut, cod or other white fish, cut into bite-sized pieces
- Minced parsley
Instructions
- In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, heat the oil; add the celery, onion, garlic, leek, fennel, thyme, and bay leaf. Saute 5 minutes.
- Add the wine and reduce by half (about 3 minutes); add the tomatoes, clam juice, saffron, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Simmer on medium-low heat for 20 minutes.
- Add the mussels or clams (or both); remove them to a bowl as they open. This keeps them from overcooking. Discard any shellfish that do not open.
- Add the rest of the seafood and cook until the shrimp is pink, scallops are opaque, crab is hot and the fish is cooked. Divide the shellfish between 6 heated bowls; ladle the stew over; top with parsley and serve with a loaf of good garlic bread. and a nice bottle of Zinfandel or Chianti. (In Italy many fish stews are served over a garlic crostini, you can do that too with this if you so desire).
Nutrition
Serving: 1gSodium: 654mgFiber: 2gCholesterol: 79mgCalories: 309kcalPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gFat: 12gProtein: 32gCarbohydrates: 13g
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