Cioppino ***

Ingredients

24 clams
10 gr corn starch
3 lobsters
3 dungeness crabs
120 ml olive oil
2 onions
6 green onions
3 ribs of celery
1 green bell pepper
2 gr thyme
1 bay leaf
300 gr tomatoes
1 package tomatoes
1 gr fennel seed
32 shrimp
2 snapper
1 clove garlic
1 anchovy paste

Instructions

* cleaned and scrubbed SOAK CLAMS OR MUSSELS IN A LARGE POT OF COLD WATER with corn starch. Drain several times in cold water. Clean and cut into pieces lobsters or crabs. Crack as needed. Heat olive oil in a large pot and add cloves; garlic, onions, celery, bell pepper, thyme, bay leaf, tomatoes, wine, fennel seed, saffron, parsley and salt and pepper. Cook 5 minutes. Add shrimp and snapper, cook, covered, stirring once, for 5 minutes. Mash in 1 clove garlic with anchovy paste and stir into stew. Cook 5 more minutes. Philip Schulz PRODIGY service Guest Chef FROM: GUEST CHEF (EXPT46B)