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CHRISTMAS EVE SOUPS AND RISOTTO
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Zuppa di Pesce
2 lb. mixed firm white fish fillets (cod, halibut, sole)
1/2 lb. shrimp, peeled
1 lb. mussels, cleaned
1 onion, cut into fine slivers
2 TB. parsley, chopped
1 cup black olives
2 garlic cloves, minced
Few whole peppercorns
Couple dashes of Tabasco
1 bay leaf
Fresh Fish Samplers
1/2 cup olive oil
Salt to taste
24 oz. fish stock
Cut fish into 2-3" chunks.  Put in bottom of a large casserole dish.
Lay shrimp on top and then mussels.
Sprinkle onions, parsley, olives, garlic, peppercorns, and Tabasco over.
Insert bay leaf.
Pour olive oil over. Sprinkle with salt to taste.  Add fish stock.
Cover and bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes.  Serve.
Seafood Stew (makes 1-1/2 quarts)
1 TB. olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped red pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 (14-1/2 oz.) can chopped tomatoes, undrained
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1/4 cup dry red wine
1 tsp. dried oregano
2 TB. fresh parsley, chopped
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
"KING CRAB LEGS - 1.25 LBS"
1/2 lb. small scallops
1/2 lb. shrimp, peeled
1 (10 oz.) can whole clams, drained
Cooked white rice
Place a large saucepan with olive oil over medium heat.
Add onion, red pepper, and garlic.  Sauté until vegetables are tender.
Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, wine, oregano, parsley, and red pepper flakes.
Bring mixture to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
Add scallops, shrimp, and clams.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 7-8 minutes.
To serve, ladle stew over rice in individual soup bowls.
Seafood Risotto (serves 4)
Clam Chowder
5 TB. unsalted butter, divided
4 TB. olive oil, divided
1 cup onion, finely minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups Arborio rice
4-5 cups fish stock
1/2 cup chopped Portobello mushrooms
1/2 lb. bay (small) scallops
1/2 lb. shrimp, peeled
Clam Chowder
1-2 lobster tails, cut into chunks
5-6 squid tubes, cut into rings
1/2 TB. Kosher salt
Black pepper
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (optional)
In a large Dutch oven, heat 3 TB. butter and 3TB. olive oil.
Add onion and garlic.  Cook on medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring continually.           
Add rice.  Turn heat up a little and toast rice slightly, 2-3 minutes.   
Then reduce heat to medium-low.
In another saucepan, sauté mushrooms in 1 TB. olive oil, 1-2 minutes.
Add fish broth to mushrooms and bring to a slow simmer.
Begin adding this broth, about 1 cup at a time, to the rice. Stir regularly.
Allow the rice to absorb the liquid before more broth is added.
This should take 25-30 minutes.
While adding the last cup of broth, add all of the seafood, salt and pepper.
Cook about 5 minutes until all of the liquid is absorbed and the seafood is cooked.
Remove from heat.  Add 1-2 TB. butter and parmesan cheese, if desired.
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