Seafood Cioppino - saltys.com

Ingredients

• Serves 6
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 cup carrot, chopped
• 1/2 cup celery, chopped
• 1/2 sweet onion, chopped
• 1/2 red pepper, chopped
• 1/2 bulb fennel, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, stripped
• 1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 2 teaspoons fennel seed
• three 14.5 oz. cans crushed tomatoes
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup clam juice
• 1 1/2 cups white wine
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 lb. salmon 1” chunks
• 1/2 lb. halibut 1” chunks
• 1 lb. manila clams
• 1 lb. mussels, scrubbed and debearded
• 1 lb, prawns
• 1/2 lb.crab
• 3 tablespoons basil, chopped for garnish
• 1 sourdough baguette, grilled