Italian Seafood Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
1 1/4 cups onions, chopped
2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
4 teaspoons oregano, dried
1 1/2 teaspoons fennel seeds, dried
2 cans diced tomatoes
20 ounces bottled clam juice
6 1/2 ounces minced clams
1 cup dry white wine
1 lb shrimp, shelled
6 ounces crabmeat
2 tablespoons dried basil
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Preparation

Heat oil.
Add onions, garlic, oregano and fennel.
Sweat onions until tender.
Add tomatoes, clam juice, wine and liquid from canned clams.
Bring to stew consistency (about 15 minutes).
Add shrimp, clams, and crab meat.
Cook on medium heat about 2 minutes.
Add basil, cayenne,and black pepper to taste.
Simmer 2 more minutes.