Italian Seafood Soup

• 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

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

olive oil, onions, garlic, oregano, fennel seeds, tomatoes, clam juice, clams, white wine, shrimp, crabmeat, basil, cayenne pepper

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/italian-seafood-soup-29533 (may not work)