STEW (SOUP) SEAFOOD STEW WITH TOMATOES AND BASIL

By pat1908

SERVES: 4 FROM WORD DOCS

Ingredients

• SERVES: 4
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 1/4 cups chopped onion
• 2 tbsp chopped garlic
• 4 tsp dried oregano
• 1 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
• 2 1/2 cups crushed tomatoes with added puree
• 2 1/2 cups bottled clam juice
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 2- 61/2 cans chopped clams, drained & reserved
• 1 pound uncooked large shrimp, peeled, deveined
• 1 6-ounce can crabmeat, drained
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
• Cayenne pepper

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, oregano and fennel seeds and sauté until onion is tender, about 8 minutes. Add tomatoes, clam juice, white wine and liquid reserved from clams. Increase heat and boil until slightly thickened, about 15 minutes. Add clams, shrimp and crabmeat. Reduce heat and simmer 2 minutes. Mix in fresh basil and simmer util shrimp are just opaque in centre, about 2 minutes longer. Season stew to taste with cayenne, salt and pepper.