Crab Cioppino

Instructions

1. 1

   In a Dutch oven, sauté onion, green onions, bell pepper, and garlic in olive oil over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes.

2. 2

   Add parsley, tomato sauce, tomato puree, water, wine, bay leaf, salt, pepper, rosemary, and thyme.

3. 3

   Cover and simmer about 1 hour. Remove garlic cloves.

4. 4

   Clean and crack crab; place in a large (at least 8-quart) pan.

5. 5

   Pour prepared sauce over crab. Add clams.

6. 6

   Cover and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.

7. 7

   Add shrimp and cook 5 to 10 more minutes until shrimp are pink and clams have opened.

8. 8

   Serve immediately with crusty sourdough bread.