Cioppino

Ingredients

• tablespoons olive oil
• large fennel bulb, thinly sliced
• onion, chopped
• large shallots, chopped
• teaspoons salt
• large garlic cloves, finely chopped
• teaspoon dried crushed red pepper flakes, plus more to taste
• tomato paste
• can diced tomatoes in juice
• dry white wine
• fish stock
• bay leaf
• pound manila clams, scrubbed
• pound mussels, scrubbed, debearded
• pound uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• pounds assorted firm-fleshed fish fillets such as halibut or salmon, cut into 2-