Manhattan-Style Seafood Stew Recipe

Ingredients

• 5 sl Bacon, chopped
• 1½ lg Onions, chopped
• 5 lg Shallots or Green Onions, Chopped
• 5¼ lb Cans Italian Plum Tomatoes, Drained
• 24 oz Bottled Clam Juice
• ¾ cups Dry White Wine
• 3 Bay Leaves
• ¼ teaspoon Dried Red Pepper, crushed
• 1 lb White Rose Potatoes, peeled, Quartered lengthwise, and Thinly sliced
• Salt
• Ground Pepper
• 3½ lb Clams, well scrubbed
• ½ lb Sea Scallops, halved crosswise
• ½ lb Uncooked Medium Shrimp, Peeled and deveined, with Tails left intact
• 30 Fresh Basil Leaves, thinly Sliced
• 1 tablespoon Lemon Peel, julienned