Recipes from Maria's Kitchen

Cioppino Alla Tuscana (Tuscan Fish Stew)


Prep Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Yield: Servings 6

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. Bertolli® ClassicoT Olive Oil

4 cloves garlic

1/2 cup dry vermouth [or dry white wine]

18 littleneck clams, well scrubbed

1 1/2 lbs. mussels, well scrubbed

1 jar Bertolli® Tomato & Basil Sauce

1 lb. fresh or frozen uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined

4 lobster tails, steamed, removed from shells and sliced

3 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley leaves

2 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil leaves

Finely grated peel of 1 lemon


Directions:

1. Heat Olive Oil in 8-quart stockpot and cook garlic over medium heat 30 seconds. Add 1/4 cup vermouth and clams. Cook covered over medium heat 8 minutes or until clams open. Remove clams and set aside. (Discard unopened clams.)

2. Add remaining 1/4 cup vermouth in same stockpot and cook mussels, covered, 3 minutes or until mussels open. Remove mussels and set aside. (Discard unopened mussels.)

3. Add Sauce, shrimp, sliced lobster, parsley, basil and lemon peel in same stockpot. Return clams, mussels and any juices to stockpot. Simmer 2 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Serve in shallow bowls and garnish, if desired, with toasted crusty Italian bread.




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