Cioppino - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. large shrimp
1 crab
12 steamer clams
2 lb. fresh fish (halibut, snapper or bass; I use halibut)
2 oz. dried mushrooms
1/4 c. olive oil
1/4 c. minced parsley
1 large onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 large can tomatoes
2 c. Zinfandel or red wine
1/4 tsp. dried basil
12 tsp. dried oregano
salt and pepper

Preparation

Clean shrimp, clams, and crab and cut fresh fish in bite-size pieces.
Saute onion and pepper in oil.
Add tomatoes with juice and wine, basil and mushrooms (that have been soaked in warm water).
Steam the clams, add the water from the clams and simmer 15 minutes.
Add shrimp, crab and fish.
Add oregano, salt and pepper and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
Serve with Dino's French bread.