Our Familys Christmas Cioppino Food

OUR FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat.
• Add onions, celery, ½ of the parsley, and all of garlic and sauté until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes.
• Add vinegar, fennel, spices, salt and pepper and simmer 20 minutes.
• Add stock, white wine and continue to simmer for another 30-45 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more stock if needed.
• Then add the shrimp and fish and simmer until the shrimp are almost cooked through, about 4 minutes.
• Serve in big soup bowls, and top each serving with crabmeat, parsley, and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.

GRANDFATHER'S CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery, parsley and garlic; sauté until tender, about 8 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes and diced tomatoes with their juices; simmer 10 minutes. Add red wine, red wine vinegar, canned clams with juices, rosemary, thyme, oregano, bay leaf, crushed red pepper, allspice and cinnamon. Simmer 30 minutes.
• Add water, white wine and cherrystone clams to stew. Simmer until clams open, about 10 minutes (discard any clams that do not open). Add crabmeat, sea bass and shrimp and simmer until fish and shrimp are cooked through, about 5 minutes. Ladle into large bowls and serve.