Ingredients:
3/4 pound bay scallops
3/4 pound cleaned shrimp
1/2 pound halibut
24 manila clams
four cups chicken broth
dry white wine
juice of one lemon
fucketonne of garlic
olive oil
big can of crushed tomatoes
sage
bay leaves
chervil
one cup corn meal
freshly grated parmagiano reggiano
salt and pepper
Sautee scallops in olive oil on medium high until done, with some ground black pepper. Remove and put aside.
Sautee shrimp (cut in thirds) on medium high in olive oil until done, with some ground black pepper. Remove and put aside.
Sautee garlic on medium low until starting to carmelize.
Deglaze with lemon juice on medium high.
Add half bottle of wine, and bring to a boil on high.
Add half of the big can of crushed tomatoes and one cup of chicken broth and one sprig of sage and two bay leaves, bring back to boil on high, and then simmer on low while covered for thirty minutes.
While the broth simmers, the polenta will be prepared: Whisk one cup of corn meal into one cup of chicken broth. Bring two cups of chicken broth to a boil. Whisk the corn meal slurry into the boiling chicken broth and turn to low. Whisk the shitte while cooking for about fifteen minutes until nearly done. You may need to add anywhere from 1/4 to 3/4 cup of water at some point to keep the shitte relatively liquidy.
Cook on low until nearly done, like this.
Whisk in grated parmagianio to taste, and continue to cook on low until cheese is fully incorporated and polent is done, like this.
Put the halibut and clams into the broth, turn up to medium high, and cover. (Yeah, the photo’s out of focus; fucke offe.)
As soon as clams open, remove cover, turn to low, and put in scallops and shrimp. Heat together for a few minutes and turn offe.
Put the cioppino in a big bowl, with a little chevril garnish, and the polenta in a small bowl. Eat the fucken shitte!!!!
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Phledge
February 27, 2011 at 8:04 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Holy shitte, that is some awesome looking cioppino. I would eat that shitte uppe if I had enough money to buy the expensive seafood that goes into itte.
How about a lasagna?
anon
February 27, 2011 at 11:07 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
You need to quit your day job and focus on cooking this shit for everybody. Yum!
beatrice
February 27, 2011 at 4:13 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It looks delicious CPP. Every time you show a recipe I keep thinking whether you have a brother ( i assume that you are ring-bound).
Bustednuckles
February 28, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Dude, that made my mouth water, seriously.
My GF can’t stand sea food of any kind and I hated it as a kid but I fucking love that shit now and Oh,My, Fucking God, does that sound outrageously tasty!
I grew up on the coast of Oregon and hated sea food, now I can’t wait to get back every chance I get so I can bring some back home, Girl Friend be damned, I loves me some Dungeness crab.
If you have never tried it, get your ass to who ever gets your fish and get some.
It ain’t cheap but it is the best crab you will ever eat in your life time.
I do believe I will Email myself your recipe for when I get back to the weasel den and have a few extra bucks to splurge, damn, that sounds good.
Pascale
February 28, 2011 at 12:24 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Glad to see a bottle of Makers Mark in the background. I would hate to think you drink MFJ and not the smoky goodness thatbis bourbon.
ga
March 2, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
fucken fantastic
Z
March 14, 2011 at 12:36 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
My God that sounds good, I will have to make it. :-)