Crab Cioppino - Tony's Meats & Market

Ingredients

• 1/8 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup onions, chopped fine
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• Crab butter* (optional)
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 2 cups peeled, seeded, and chopped fresh tomatoes
• 1 1/2 cups Tony's Marinara, or tomato sauce recipe follows
• 1 cup clam juice or fish broth
• 2 fresh Dungeness crabs (1 1/2 to 2 pounds each)
• 8 large shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 16 clams, well scrubbed
• 16 black or green mussels, well scrubbed
• Chopped parsley, as needed
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Red pepper flakes, to taste
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 40 ounces canned puree tomatoes
• 18 basil leaves, julienne