On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 14:03:04 EST Mary writes:
Ciopino is an Italian-American dish -- created, they say, in the Italian fishing community of San Francisco and based on several seafood stews in Italy but with an American twist - pepper hot sauce.

Reminds me of the Fish Stew served at Skopelos' restaurant in Pensacola...roughly:
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Boil 6 cups or so water in a deep skillet
Add small can tomato paste
2 or 3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 stick cinnamin, 1 tbsp cloves
1 bay leaf

Simmer, covered for about 1/2 hour

Add 1-1/2 doz pearl onions, simmer till onion tender
Add 3 or 4 mackerel or swordfish, or tuna, I suppose would work, steaks (about 2 lbs or so of fish, total).

Cook slowly, basting with the sauce until fish is firm.

Remove fish (keep warm). Add salt, pepper, tabasco to taste.
Remove cinnamon & bay leaf and bring sauce to boil.
Add 4 or 5 tablespoons of cornstarch to get sauce to desired thickness.

Put fish on plate with 4 or 5 onions, add sauce
- serve with rice like all coon-ass cookin'