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  • Seafood Ciopinno With Soft Shell Crab

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    Seafood Ciopinno With Soft Shell Crab
    Prep: 1 hours Cook: 1 hours Servings: 6
    by Blackswan
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    This is a dish adapted from a restaurant my family ate at sometime ago, & I tried making it for my hubby’s Birthday Seafood Galore. I love cooking Bouillabaisse at home. It’s rich with assorted seafood & I can add whatever I find in the supermarket – mussels, clams, prawns, fish, squid etc. To reproduce the restaurant’s version of Ciopinno, I just need add Linguine & Soft Shell Crab.

    Ingredients

    • (Serves 6)
    • Ingredients:
    • 1 kg Clams
    • 500g Salmon bones
    • 500g Medium Prawns
    • 1 Large Squid
    • 2 Onions (diced)
    • 2 Celery Sticks (cut up)
    • 2 Bay leaves
    • 2 tsp Minced Garlic
    • 1 cup White wine
    • 5 Large tomatoes
    • 680g Tomato paste
    • Flour for coating crabs
    • Salt & ground black pepper for taste
    • Parsley for garnish

    Directions

    1. Soak clams in salt water.
    2. Remove shells & heads from prawns & keep them. Devein prawns & rinse. Place fish bones, shells, heads, celery, onions, garlic, bay leaves & wine in pot. Bring to boil & simmer for 30 mins.
    3. Remove fish. When cool, take out the meat to add to soup later, giving it an extra richness.
    4. Strain the rest of the cooked food & reserve stock.
    5. Put tomatoes in hot water for easy removal of the skin. You can see the skin coming off easily in no time.
    6. Heat stock. Dice tomatoes & add into stock with paste. Simmer for 20 mins.
    7. Clean & remove skin from squid. Cut squid into slices & criss-cross the underside. The pattern on the squid will show once it’s cooked.
    8. Rinse soft shell crabs & lightly pat them dry with paper towel. Cut into halves. Coat with flour & deep-fry crabs till crispy. Remove & set aside.
    9. Add clams into stock, followed by prawns. Simmer till clam shells open. Put in squid & lastly, fish. Turn off fire when squid is cooked. Discard unopened clams.
    10. Dish out pasta on serving plate. Scoop up your yummy seafood onto plate & top with soft shell crab. Garnish with parsley & serve.

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