Miranda's Seafood Soup

This owes a lot to a few Spanish "Sopa de Mariscos" recipes, but I think I've changed it enough to make it sort of my own... :D I bought frozen cod (asked for fresh at Schnuck's but they didn't have it), and canned crab and clams. I'm sure it would be better with fresh, so go for it if you want. I did use fresh shrimp, though.

Miranda's Seafood Soup
(The one with tomato base and LOTS of Crab)

Ingredients:

Olive Oil
Butter
Garlic

Small Onion
5 Medium Tomatoes

1 pound (500 ounces) cod
App. 1 pound (500-600 ounces) crab (leg, special, whatever... just so that it's smallish peices. Mine always looks really stringy)
1 - 2 cans of clams.

Optional: Small can of tomato paste


1. Fry up a little soup base with the chopped up onion and the good parts of the tomato (no seeds! peel is okay.) Fry this for about 15 minutes until most of the liquid is gone. Then put it in a bowl and set aside.
2. Open the cans of clams and drain, but keep the clam juice seperately. Fry the clams in a lot of butter, like 1 or 2 tablespoons.
3. After just a few minutes throw in the crab. If the crab was in a lot of juice then drain that out with the clam juice.
4. After another minute or so add the juices back in. Add the shrimp too. Peel them first if you bought them with peels. Add a little bit of water if they clams didn't come with much juice.
5. Fry up the cod and add it to the soup.
6. Add water to taste... at least a cup but more if you want.
7. Add the soup base, and stir in. If you want a stronger tomato taste, add a small can of tomato paste.
8. Cook for a really long time on low. It only get's better and fishier. :D