Recipe: Ciopinno

Recipes using Nina Chopped Garlic

• 1 1/2 pounds sea bass or other firm fleshed fish
• 1 pound shrimp
• 12 medium clams or mussels steamed
• 1/4 pound dried mushrooms
• 1 lobster or Dungeness crabs
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 3 to 4 tomatoes peeled, seeded, chopped
• 1 green pepper
• 1 large onion chopped
• 1 tsp minced minced
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 1/2 cup tomato puree
• 2 cups red wine
• salt and freshly ground
• white pepper

1. Shell and devein shrimp leaving tail.
2. Scrub clams and steam for about 6 minutes in 1/2 inch salted water.
3. Clean crabs or lobster.
4. Heat oil in large kettle.
5. Add vegetables.
6. Cook for 4 minutes.
7. Add tomato puree, wine, and clam juice.
8. Season with salt and white pepper.
9. Heat for 30 minutes.
10. Add shrimp and lobster.
11. Cook in the sauce for 10 minutes. Then add the fish and cook for 5 minutes more.
12. When finished add the steamed clams.