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Culinary Arts
Yay!! Yes, they are pricey. But if you want to indulge in some fresh
dungeness crab, and make make it stretch, here is the very best
Cioppino recipe!! This recipe comes from an old family friend, Alice
Austin Hall. Alice’s great grandfather homesteaded Rincoln Valley in
Santa Rosa. Austin Creek is named after him, as well as many “Austin” streets, ways, etc. I remember as child driving with Alice to Bodega and getting crabs, fresh from the boats, cracked and steamed and wrapped in newspaper, for $1 a crab!! Crab feeds are no longer so cheap, but the Cioppino is just as delicious. Serve it with Mary’s Garlic Bread and a green salad, and you have a real feast!
Ingredients
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 bunch green onions, sliced • 2 large cloves garlic, pressed • 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/3 cup parsley, chopped
• 1 pound can tomato puree
• 1 8 oz. can of tomato sauce
• 1 tomato can of red wine
• 1/2 bay leaf
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon thyme
• 1/8 teaspoon rosemary
• 5 pounds fresh crab, cleaned and cracked
***Optional***
2 dozen small clams
1 pound large shrimp, deveined
CRAB CIOPPINO Directions
1. Sauté onions, peppers and garlic in olive oil in a large stock or stew pot.
2. Add remaining ingredients, except crab, shrimp and clams. 3. Simmer about an hour with lid ajar, not tight.
4. Put cracked crab into pot with sauce, (and clams & shrimp,
if desired), and heat through, (or until clams open up).
5. Serve with sourdough bread and butter, and a green salad. Servings: 8
Mary’s Garlic Bread
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Dungeness Crabs are Finally Here!
• 1 cup butter, softened, or Earth Balance spread mixed with
some high quality olive oil
• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese or Vegan Parmesan Cheese
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 5 cloves garlic, pressed
• 3 tbs chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 tsp oregano
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix all ingredients to make a paste. 3. Slice a loaf of French bread in
half length ways.
4. Spread paste on both tops of
bread halves.
5. Put loaf halves back together
and wrap loaf with foil.
6. Heat in oven for 15 minutes,
or until butter is melted and
outside of bread is crispy.