Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 shallots, thinly sliced
- 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 cups dry white wine
- 1 1/2 pounds red snapper, cut into 2-inch squares
- 1 1/2 pounds wild striped bass, cut into 2-inch squares
- 16 large shrimp or head-on prawns
- 2 cups shrimp stock or vegetable stock
- 2 cups canned plum tomatoes, pureed
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Few dashes hot sauce (recommended: Bobby Flay Hot Sauce)
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 32 littleneck clams
- 1 lobster, steamed 3/4 of the way
- 3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley leaves
- Sourdough Croutons, recipe follows
Directions
Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat. Add the shallots and garlic and cook until soft. Deglaze the pan with a splash of wine. Season the red snapper, striped bass, and shrimp and saute in the pot until lightly golden brown on each side. Add the remainder of the wine and cook until reduced by 3/4. Add the stock, tomatoes, honey, hot sauce, bay leaf and thyme and bring to a simmer. Add the clams and lobster, cover the pot, and continue cooking until the clams have opened, discarding any that have not opened.
Remove the seafood with a slotted spoon to a large bowl. Bring the cooking liquid to a boil and cook until reduced by half. Whisk in the butter and parsley and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Pour the broth over the seafood and top with sourdough croutons.
Sourdough Croutons:
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 loaf sourdough, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat butter and oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until soft, about 2 minutes. Add the bread cubes and thyme, toss to coat, and then transfer to a baking sheet, spreading in an even layer. Bake until golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes, turning once. Cool before using.
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By bigtoe2000
on June 08, 2011
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This is my go-to cioppino recipe and is a family favorite! I skip the lobster, use a mix of clams and mussels, and usually get 2 different kinds of white fish (whatever is on sale. I add a bit more fish, which usually breaks apart and both thickens and flavors the sauce. Go easy on the honey and heavy on the herbs. I also cook this usually for longer than 20 minutes, but it is absolutely delicious every time!
By clp_10975770
Bronxville, NY
on May 08, 2011
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Most of Bobby's recipes are also found on his own website, and that site seems to have the cioppino recipe that's more true to the throwdown episode. He also posts alot of recipes that he uses in his restaurants too.
By flogo30
on April 18, 2011
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The recipe is different however, I think this recipe is a lot less fuss than the espisodes recipe. It does not call for you to cook seperately. You certainly can as it would add lots of flavor and you can deglazed the pan after cook fish and shrimp with wine and then add your clams, mussels.. etc..
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