Tante Marie’s Crab Cioppino | Tante Marie's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 24 well-scrubbed live clams
• extra virgin olive oil
• coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
• 2 onions, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 fennel bulb, chopped
• 4 lbs.fresh tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped
• 2 Tbs. tomato paste
• 2 cups dry white wine
• 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
• 2 Tbs. fresh oregano, minced
• 2 lbs. fresh white fish (sea bass, rock cod, halibut)
• 1 lb. sea scallops (optional)
• 1 lb. raw shrimp (or prawns), peeled
• 1 large cooked Dungeness crab, (optional) cleaned and cracked
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped