Monkfish Alla Pizzaiola

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 hot pepper, green, sliced
• 1 garlic clove, whole
• salt
• white pepper
• 2 lbs monkfish steaks
• 1 tablespoon oregano, fresh, chopped (or 1 t dried)
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• 1/4 cup caper
• 1 caper berries (optional)
• 1 tablespoon parsley, fresh, choppeed
• 16 clams
• 16 mussels
• 1/4 cup white wine (chardonnay is a good choice)

Directions

1. 1

   Combine olive oil in frying pan with 2 slices fresh green hot pepper, and one clove garlic. When oil is medium hot, add fish.

2. 2

   Sprinkle each piece of fish with salt and white pepper and cook about two minutes (more if fish steaks are thick).

3. 3

   Flip the steaks, sprinkle with oregano.

4. 4

   Let the temperature in the pan return to medium hot. Add capers and cherry tomatoes (and caper berry if using). Add parsley.

5. 5

   Add shellfish and white wine. Cover and cook until shellfish open. Remove cover and let the liquid in the pan evaporate. (Do not reduce the flame).