Cioppino- Fish Stew

I love making Cioppino.  It was intimidating at first but then I learned it was just fish stew with whatever you wanted to throw into it.  Here it goes, lots of fun!

                                     This is not a family recipe. I'm just practicing for my blog!

        Ciopinno ready to eat.

I forgot the celery.

The Ingredients:

1/4 cup olive oil

1 onion diced

4 cloves of garlic minced

2 ribs celery, chopped

bottle of clam juice

jar of Marinara sauce or tomatoes

1 1/2 cup red wine

1 cup chicken broth
1 bay leaf

1 tsp. dried basil

1 tsp. dried oregano

1/2 tsp. salt

2 pieces cod

10 clams

12 shrimp

parsley chopped

The Preparation:

1.  In a large pot, on medium low, heat the olive oil and saute the celery, onions and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes.  

                              Add the rest of the ingredients except seafood and fresh parsley.

                                              Add the wine and reduce for 5 minutes.

                                             Watch the beginning of Patriots football game.

Add Chicken broth

Add Clam Juice

 Add Maraina sauce

Let simmer for one hour.  I made this  ahead on Sunday for Monday Night Football dinner.

On Monday I added the fish to this stew!

The Next day:

I heated the fish soup base and first added the cod.  I had pieces of cod and cooked for about 10 minutes.  Next I added 10 clams and cooked until they opened, about another 10 minutes.

I forgot to take a picture of the beautiful small clams.

 Almost ready to serve and I added the shrimp.  I choose this selection of fish but you may choose other kinds of fish.  That's what makes it so fun.  I do like clams or mussels for the look of the shells in dish when served.  I served this with garlic bread.

We all enjoyed the Ciopinno.

Everybody's Favorite- CORN PIE

 Corn Pie- Grace's Recipe (Mother got this recipe from a woman named Grace Kreider. She liked her corn pie.)

Bonnie and Tom Chesney brought me a Pie Bird from Eldreth Pottery, Strasburg, PA.

I had to try the Pie Bird by baking a pie.

The Corn Pie out of the oven.

I started thinking about Corn Pie as I walked by the fresh corn at the Corona del Mar Farmer's Market. 

Woodcut from Carol's Cookbook

Mother wrote the recipe for me.

Diane wrote the recipe for me.

                  Mother often made Corn Pie for Birthday's.  This one I made for Colin's Birthday!

Delicious if I may say so, I think it was the Pie Bird's help.

Empty Plate! I still have this Stangl Pottery from Trenton, N.J.
Mother, Aunt Lois, Aunt Mary and Aunt Nancy all had this pottery.

Diane's Birthday Corn Pie made by Mother

Bev's Birthday Corn Pie.  

The recipe follows:

Corn, half and half, hard boiled eggs, salt, sugar, butter, green onion,parsley.white pepper.

I c. whole corn

I cup grated corn

1 green onion chopped (use 1/2 of top)

1 Tbsp. parsley chopped

1/2 Cup half and half

1 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp season salt.
Opps I forgot the white pepper  pinch.

2 Tbsp. melted butter.
This is the pan that Bobby Kreider played with as a boy.

2 hard cooked eggs (chopped)

Combine all ingredients.  Fill Pastry lined 9" pie pan or shallow 1 qt. casserole.
Top with pastry.
Bake 1 hour at 375 until browned

 I decided to blog some of the recipes I had and it all starts Here!  Yummy!