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Happy Fat Tuesday!!
- 1 stick of butter
- 1 ½ cups chopped onions
- 1 cup diced shallots
- 1 ½ cups chopped peppers
- 1 ½ cups chopped celery
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 2 cups tomato puree
- 1 pint canned tomatoes
- The juice of ½ to 1 lemon
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 pounds peeled and de-veined shrimp
- Salt, pepper, cayenne
Melt the butter and sauté the onions, shallots, celery, and garlic for about 5 minutes. Add the tomato puree, tomatoes, and bay leaves, simmer for 15 minutes.
Add the shrimp and simmer for 15 minutes. Add lemon juice, salt, pepper and cayenne to taste, and simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes. Serve over rice. Makes about 6 servings.
And to think . . . almost everything in this dish came from my garden!
I’m just gonna tell ya . . . this is some good Creole!
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Cheers!
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