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                         SEATTLE-STYLE CIOPPINO

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Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Soups                            Fish
               Kooknet

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                       -----SWEET PEPPER SAUCE-----
  2       tb           Olive Oil
  1       md           Red Bell Pepper, stemmed,
                       Seeded and chopped
  1       md           Green Bell Pepper, stemmed,
                       Seeded and chopped
  1       md           Onion, chopped
  2                    Cloves Garlic, minced
  2       tb           Fresh Basil Leaves, minced
  1       t            Dried Oregano
 28       oz           Can Whole Tomatoes in
                       Juice, coarsley chopped
  8       oz           Bottle Clam Juice
  1       c            Italian Merlot Wine
                       -----CIOPPINO-----
  2       tb           Olive Oil
  1                    Yellow Bell Pepper, stemmed,
                       Seeded and cut into chunks
    1/2                Onion, cut into chunks
  1       lg           Clove Garlic, minced
  1       lg           Plum Tomato, sliced
  3       tb           Fresh Lemon Juice
  1       lb           Live Mussels, scrubbed and
                       Beards removed
  1 1/2   lb           Red Snapper, cut in chunks
    1/2   lb           Unshelled Shrimp
  2       lb           Cooked Dungeness or other
                       Crab, cleaned and cracked
                       With body section cut into
                       Pieces
    1/2   lb           Calamari Mantles, cut into
                       Rings

 Sweet Pepper Sauce: Heat olive oil over medium heat in
 a large skillet. Add peppers, onions and garlic and
 saute until soft, about 10 minutes. Add basil,
 oregano, tomatoes and liquid, clam juice and wine.
 Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 1 hour, stirring
 occasionally. Keep warm.

 Cioppino: Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a
 large Dutch oven or kettle. Add yellow pepper, onion
 and garlic and saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Add
 tomato and lemon juice and cook 2 minutes.

 Add mussels, clams, fish and shrimp. Cover and cook
 over medium heat 5 minutes. Add crab and Sweet Pepper
 Sauce. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in calamari.
 Cover and cook 2-3 minutes longer or until calamari is
 opaque throughout, shrimp is pink and opaque, fish is
 cooked through, crab is hot and mussels and clams have
 opened. Discard any unopened mussels or clams.

 Serve cioppino in tureen or large soup bowls, dividing
 various ingredients among the bowls.

 Source: Il Bistro Restaurant, Seattle WA Typed by
 Katherine Smith Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120



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