Crab Cioppino - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 cans tomato sauce
6 cans water
6 celery stalks, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 c. Sauterne wine
olive oil
4 crabs (live), cracked
18 clams
1 1/2 lb. prawns
1 1/2 lb. halibut

Preparation

Simmer sauce approximately 4 hours to a medium-thick consistency.
Put olive oil in large pot.
Limp celery and garlic. Add tomato sauce, water and wine.
Simmer (no cover).
Place fish in large pot with lid.
Forty-five minutes before you want to serve, pour sauce over fish, cover and steam 30 to 40 minutes. Halibut will break up when done.
Serves 8.