Seafood Cioppino
Something delicious for this weekend: a rich Seafood Cioppino.
This recipe is Italian Chef Fabio Viviani’s take on cioppino, a tomato based stew made with whatever seafood is fresh that day. I pulled this recipe out of his fabulous new cookbook, Fabio’s Italian Kitchen. He finishes the stew with heavy cream, which beautifully balances the acidity of the tomatoes.
The recipes in his cookbook really work. In Chef’s own words: “My food is not complicated. My food is meant to be made and eaten. I just want to make sure that when you’re done cooking, every person you know will say, ‘That’s a great freaking dish.’”
And, really, isn’t that the exact reaction we all want?
Fabio’s Italian Kitchen Cookbook
Fabio Viviani’s Seafood Cioppino
prep: 30 minutes
cook: 40 minutes
you’ll need…
3 tablespoons butter
1 onion, diced
4 leeks, rinsed well and sliced into thin rounds
salt
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 bay leaf
2 sprigs thyme
20 mussels, scrubbed
20 clams, scrubbed
¼ cup dry white wine
3 cups chicken or vegetable stock, hot
1 cup squid, whole or cut in half
1 cup large shrimp (about 8), shelled and deveined, tails on, heads on or off
1 15-oz. can whole tomatoes, diced
1 cup heavy cream
¼ cup parsley, minced
let’s get to it…
Heat the butter in a large stockpot and sauté the onions and leeks with a pinch of salt until translucent. Add the red pepper flakes, bay leaf and thyme sprigs.
Place the mussels and clams in the pot, give them a stir, then add the wine. Cook until the wine has disappeared, then add the stock.
Bring to a gentle simmer, cover with a lid, and cook for about 10-minutes until all the shells have opened (discard any that have not). Add the squid, shrimp, tomatoes and cream and let the soup simmer for 5 to 6 minutes.
Remove from heat, adjust seasoning, and ladle soup into one large bowl to serve family style, or individual bowls. Serve with minced parsley.
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I am going to make the cioppino this week. I bought lobster, shrimp and crab. Is there a recipe where I don’t have to use cream? Is the original recipe a broth or cream based?
Hi Angie,
You don’t have to add the cream! It will be a little thinner, but with all the flavorful seafood, you won’t miss it. The recipe calls for vegetable or chicken stock, but you can also use fish stock.
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I love seafood and this dish looks so delish. I’m printing the recipe and make it for my family they would love it. Great post:)
Thanks so much… and you can add or subtract depending on what your family likes!