Cioppino Recipe

Cioppino

Recipe type: Entree Yield: Serves 1 Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 50 mins

A savory seafood entree

Ingredients:

2/3 C Fresh tomato – diced
3 t Extra virgin olive oil
Pinch of salt
Pinch of red chili flakes
3 sprigs Fresh thyme
½ t Garlic – chopped
1 4 oz Lobster tail
3 Medium shrimp – raw
10 black mussels – debearded & scrubbed well
4 Little Neck Clams
3 oz Whitefish filet – cut into large chunks
2 oz Squid – cut into pieces
1/2 C Chardonnay

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place lobster tail on a baking sheet, and with a sharp knife or kitchen shears carefully cut top side of lobster shell lengthwise.
3. Broil lobster tail until lightly browned (about 8 minutes).
4. Heat oil in a medium pot over medium high heat.
5. Add garlic and cook for two minutes.
6. Add thyme, salt, chili flakes and cook for two minutes.
7. Add diced tomato and cook for three minutes.
8. Add seafood, cover and cook until shells open up (about 6-8 minutes).
9. Discard unopened shells and thyme sprigs.
10. Garnish with lobster and serve immediately.

Published on June 15, 2016 by Teri Williams