Cioppino is a fish stew derived from the various regional fish soups and stews of Italian cuisine. Cioppino is traditionally made from the catch of the day, which in the dish's place of origin is typically a combination of dungeness crab, clams, shrimp, scallops, squid, mussels and fish with fresh tomatoes in a wine sauce, often served over spaghetti or other long pasta and toasted buttered bread, either sourdough or baguette. The dish is comparable to bouillabaisse, burrida, and bourride of the French Provence, and to cacciucco and brodetto from Italy .[1]
It was developed in the late 1800s by Italian fishermen who settled in the North Beach section of San Francisco.[2] Originally it was made on the boats while out at sea and later became a staple as Italian restaurants proliferated in San Francisco. The name comes from ciuppin, a word in the Ligurian dialect of the port city of Genoa,meaning "to chop" or "chopped" which described the process of making the stew by chopping up various leftovers of the days catch.[1] At least one restaurant in San Francisco, the eponymous Cioppino's, describes[3]an apocryphal story[2] in which the name derived from the heavily Italian-accented cry of the wharf cooks for the fishermen to "chip in" some of their catch to the collective soup pot.
Generally the seafood is cooked in broth and served in the shell, including the crab (if any) that is often served halved or quartered. It therefore requires special utensils, typically a crab fork and cracker. Depending on the restaurant, it may be accompanied by a bib, second possibly damp napkin, or a second bowl for the shells. As a variation, the "lazy man's" cioppino is served with seafood shelled and crab legs cracked.[4]
References
- ^ a b Elizabeth Riely (1988-04-24). "Cioppino: Fish Stew From the Pacific", New York Times. Retrieved on 26 September 2007.
- ^ a b Henri Bourride. "A San Francisco Feast: Cioppino from Fisherman's Wharf". Travel Roads. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ "What’s Cioppino?". Cioppino's Restaurant. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ "California Seafood Dives". Coastal Living (2002).
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