Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1/2 c Olive oil
3 Leeks, cleaned and sliced,
-white part only
2 Cloves of garlic diced fine
1 Yellow onion, peeled and
-chopped
1 c Chopped celery
1 c Fresh mushrooms, sliced
6 c Fish stock, clam nectar or
-water
1 c Italian tomato sauce
1 c Dry white wine (maybe Soave)
Cayenne pepper to taste
1 lb White fish boneless fillet,
-cut into small pieces
(cod, seabass, monkfish)
2 lb Combined, of any or all of
-{the following:
Clams, soaked in fresh water
-1 hour then drained
Crab,
Shrimp,
Mussels, scrubbed with the
-beards removed

Serves 8

(don't leave these out they are cheap, tasty and attractive) You can
buy a 1/4 or 1/2 lb. of several items. Even if shrimp is $6 per lb.
1/4 lb. is affordable and will add flavor and variety.

Chopped parsley for garnish

Saute the leeks, onions, celery, garlic and mushrooms until the
onions are clear. Add the stock, nectar or water, tomato sauce and
white wine. Bring to a heavy simmer and taste. Add the cayenne pepper
and salt to taste.

Prepare the seafood and add to the pot, remembering to add first those
things which take longest to cook. The various shellfish go in with
the shells on.

Simmer until done. Serve in large bowls over spaghetti. By adding
extra fish such as a lobster per person this will become a meal
instead of a soup.

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