Mother's Cioppino

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Ingredients

  • CROSTINI:
  • 1 (1-pound) loaf French bread baguette, cut into 16 slices
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • CIOPPINO:
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 3 cups clam juice
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 (26-ounce) bottle tomato-and-basil pasta sauce (such as Bertolli)
  • 16 little neck clams
  • 16 small mussels, scrubbed and debearded
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 pound cod or other lean whitefish fillets, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1/2 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 2 cups torn spinach

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F.
To prepare crostini, place bread slices on a large baking sheet; brush with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
Bake at 350" for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
To prepare cioppino, heat 2 teaspoons oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add crushed red pepper and garlic; saute 30 seconds. Stir in clam juice and next 5 ingredients (clam juice through pasta sauce.) Add clams and mussels. Cover and cook 10 minutes or until shells open. (Discard any unopened shells.) Add wine and next 4 ingredients (wine through shrimp); simmer 5 minutes or until fish and shrimp are done. Stir in spinach. Serve with the crostini.

serving size: 1 1/4 cups cioppino and 2 crostini
467 calories
12.4g fat
53g carbohydrate
1182mg sodium
31g protein
9.8g fiber