CAROL'S CIOPPINO (or world's greatest cioppino)
Barbara
This is great with toasted garlic bread dipped into the soup.
ingredients
- 1 large onion
- 1 large leek
- 4-5 garlic
- 1 large red or green pepper
- 4 stalks celery
- 1-2 medium carrots
- olive oil
- 2 28 oz can chopped Italian tomatoes
- 2-3 bay leaves
- 1/4 c chopped cilantro
- 1/4 c chopped parsley
- 2 9 oz cans clam juice
- 1 tsp vietnamese hot pepper paste
- few shakes of hot sauce
- 3 Tlb lemon juice
- salt and pepper
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 cup or more of white wine
- 2 Tlb tomato paste
- 20 shrimp, shelled
- 1 can clams with juice
- 1 lb white fish cut in 1 inch cubes
- 1 bottle oysters with juice
directions
- 1
Chop onion, leek, garlic, pepper, celery, and carrots. Saute in olive oil until soft.
- 2
Add chopped tomatoes and next 10 ingredients. Simmer for at least one hour.
- 3
Add tomato paste. Simmer for another 10 minutes.
- 4
Add shrimp, clam and oyster juice, and fish. Cook until fish is done, about 5 minutes. Add clams and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add oysters the last minute.
Source: Carol Brown
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