Monkfish Alla Pizzaiola - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 hot pepper, green, sliced
1 garlic clove, whole
salt
white pepper
2 lbs monkfish steaks
1 tablespoon oregano, fresh, chopped (or 1 t dried)
1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1/4 cup capers
1 caper berries (optional)
1 tablespoon parsley, fresh, choppeed
16 clams
16 mussels
1/4 cup white wine (chardonnay is a good choice)

Preparation

Combine olive oil in frying pan with 2 slices fresh green hot pepper, and one clove garlic. When oil is medium hot, add fish.
Sprinkle each piece of fish with salt and white pepper and cook about two minutes (more if fish steaks are thick).
Flip the steaks, sprinkle with oregano.
Let the temperature in the pan return to medium hot. Add capers and cherry tomatoes (and caper berry if using). Add parsley.
Add shellfish and white wine. Cover and cook until shellfish open. Remove cover and let the liquid in the pan evaporate. (Do not reduce the flame).