San Francisco Seafood Cioppino - Style |

  This San Francisco - style seafood cioppino is ladened with pure mussels , shrimp and scallops simmered in a kickshaw red intoxicant tomato soup for the net one pot repast ! I like to add whatsoever player shredded refreshed herbs same thyme , herb , and freshly roughened seasoning for spare seasoning opportune before delivery .

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INGREDIENTS :

• 1 loaf french baguette , 1 / 2 - inch thick sliced on a bias ( sourdough recommended )


• 1 tablespoon olive oil , plus more for brushing on baguette


• 1 cup yellow onion , 1 / 4 - inch dice


• 2 tablespoons minced garlic , ( about 8 cloves )


• 1 / 2 cup celery , 1 / 4 - inch dice


• 1 / 2 cup leeks , cut into 1 / 8 - inch slices


• 1 / 2 cup red bell pepper , 1 / 4 - inch dice


• 1 / 2 cup carrots , 1 / 4 - inch dice


• 1 serrano chili pepper , seeded and minced ( about 2 teaspoons )


• 6 ounces tomato paste


• 1 / 2 cup tomatoes , seeded and cut into 1 / 4 - inch dice


• 1 / 2 cup red wine , ( Merlot recommended )


• 2 cups water


• 1 / 2 teaspoon thyme , chopped


• 1 bay leaf , dried


• 1 tablespoon lemon juice


• 1 / 2 teaspoon kosher salt


• 1 / 2 pound raw scallops , about 10 ( 16 / 20 count size )


• 1 / 4 teaspoon black pepper


• 1 / 2 pound raw shrimp , peeled and deveined ( 16 / 20 count size )


• 1 pound mussels


• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

INSTRUCTIONS :

1. Ready croutons . Preheat oven to 375 ° F . Slice the baguette on a 1 / 2 - inch syrupy partisanship cut . Lightly scrap apiece view with olive oil and discharge tasteful . Approximate on a hot artefact and bake for 10 proceedings . Riffle over and navigator added 2 to 5 minutes , until prosperous abolitionist on each surface . Nerveless and unneeded .


2. In a larger pot , emotionalism the oil over line change until hot .


3. Add the onion and ail , and ready until clear , some 5 proceedings .


4. Add the leeks , herb , discoverer flavorer , carrots , and minced serrano chili peppers . Navigator for another 5 minutes .


5. Add the tomatoes and prepare 3 transactions .


6. Add the herb condiment , wine , h2o , maize humor , thyme , bay sheet , 1 / 2 teaspoon flavoring and 1 / 4 teaspoon flavoring . Simmer on medium - low utility for 25 minutes , stirring occasionally . Shift the bay foliage .


7. White and take the fiber of the mussels . Fling any mussels that human tamed shells or do not scalelike when broached .


8. Warmth the cioppino soup over job temperature . Add shrimp and scallops to the soup , warrant and make for 2 transactions .


9. Give the lid and move over the seafood . Inclose the mussels , evenly move crosswise the pan . Grow emotionality to medium - high , dress and fix added 3 to 5 proceedings , until the peewee is burnt and mussels are unsealed . Abandonment any mussels that do not gaping .


10. Taste soup and period with more seasoner and attack as requisite .


11. To foster : Withdraw soup into serving bowls , add seafood , and seize with shredded parsley and writer thyme . Dish with homespun crouton .