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Cioppino (Fisherman's Stew)

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Servings

4

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

55 minutes

Cuisine

Italian

Category

Main Course, Soup

I have to say that this Cioppino (Fisherman’s Stew) is the best soup/stew I’ve ever had.

It has many of the usual suspects found in a Cioppino: onions, shallots, fennel, fennel seeds, garlic, red pepper flakes, s&p, tomato paste, white wine, diced tomatoes, bay leaf, wild shrimp, clams, squid… but what took this over the top (for my humble taste buds) was the homemade lobster stock I pulled from the freezer!

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 large shallots, chopped
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
  • 1 teaspoons fennel seeds
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon dried, crushed red pepper flakes
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 can diced tomatoes in juice (28 oz)
  • 1 1/2 cups dry white wine
  • 6 cups fish stock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 corn on the cob - kernels removed, cob reserved (or 1 cup frozen corn)
  • 1 1/2 lbs littlenecks clams, scrubbed and soaked in cold water for 20 minutes.
  • 1 lb uncooked large, wild shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 3/4 - 1 lb cleaned squid bodies sliced into 1/2-inch rings, tentacles halved lengthwise if large
  • Fresh tarragon leaves for serving

PRODUCTS TO USE:

  • NanoBond Titanium 5 Qt Essential Pan

Directions

  1. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat.
  2. Add the fennel, onion, shallots, celery, fennel seeds and salt, sauté until the onion is translucent, about 8-10 minutes.
  3. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, sauté 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste, stir to combine, and cook for 1 minute. Add wine and cook for 2 minutes. Add tomatoes with their juices, fish stock and bay leaf.
  4. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until the flavors blend, about 30 minutes.
  5. Add the corn and the clams to the pot. Cover and cook until the clams just begin to open, about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp and squid. Simmer gently until the shrimp & squid are just cooked through, and the clams are completely open, about 5 minutes more (discard any clams that do not open).
  6. Season the soup, to taste, with more salt, pepper and red pepper flakes.
  7. Ladle the soup into bowls, sprinkle with tarragon leaves and serve with fresh bread or toast.

Tip

  1. What takes this dish from good-to-great is the quality, flavour & intensity of the fish stock. So next time you make lobster, shrimp, shellfish, keep the shells and take the time to reduce down the flavours of the shells, with veggies & herbs, then freeze it for the tastiest Cioppino ever!