Cioppino with a Paella Twist! - Food on the Ceiling Blog > Recipes > Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 Ham hock
• 1 onion loosely chopped
• Juniper berries 5
• Black, white, green, red peppercorns (sprinkle amount to your taste)
• Fresh herbs oregano rosemary thyme (see picture below)
• 5 - 6 Garlic cloves fresh crushed
• 1 cup white wine
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon Fennel seed or Fennel Bulb
• 1 teaspoon Celery seed
• 1 Carrot, largely chopped
• Anise pod optional
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large fennel bulb, thinly sliced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 large shallots, chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 3/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper flakes, plus more to taste
• 1 can of San Marzano tomatoes peeled tomatoes
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1 - 2 tablespoons of smoked paprika
• 1 pinch of good quality saffron
• 1 1/2 cups dry white wine
• 5 cups fish stock
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 pound chorizo (Spanish style) or venison link sausage, diced
• 1 pound manila clams, scrubbed
• 1 pound mussels, scrubbed, debearded
• 1 1/2 pounds assorted firm-fleshed fish fillets such as red fish halibut or salmon, cut into 2-inch chunks