Granny's Shrimp Sausage Gumbo
/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup all purpose flour
4 x celery stalks coarsely chopped
2 med onions coarsely chopped
2 x green bell peppers chopped
2 x bay leaves
2 tsp salt
2 tsp dried oregano crumbled
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
5 bot clam juice (8-ounce)
1 can plum tomatoes drained, chopped (28-ounce)
1 lb smoked Andouille or kielbasa sausage halved lengthwise,sliced 1/4 inch
thick
1/2 lb okra trimmed, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices
2 lb uncooked medium shrimp peeled, deveined
Freshly cooked long-grain rice
2 x tomatoes seeded, diced
Heat oil heavy large Dutch oven over high heat until almost smoking. Add
flour and stir until dark red-brown, about 8 minutes. Immediately add celery,
onions and bell peppers. Cook 5 minutes, stirring and scraping bottom of pan
often. Mix in bay leaves, salt, oregano and cayenne. Add clam juice, canned
tomatoes and sausage. Boil 15 minutes. Add okra, reduce heat and simmer until
okra is tender, about 15 minutes. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
Bring to simmer before continuing.)
Add shrimp to gumbo and simmer until just cooked through, about 3 minutes.
Mound rice in soup bowls. Ladle gumbo over. Sprinkle with tomatoes.
Serves 8.