Fresno Smoked Sausage And Lentil Gumbo
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Course : Beans
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     3/4  pound         smoked sausage
     1/3  cup           salad oil
     1/3  cup           flour
   4      stalks        celery -- chopped fine
  30      milliliters   garlic -- minced
   2      medium        onions -- diced
   2      large         carrots -- chopped fine
   2      quarts        chicken broth
   1 3/4  cups          lentils
   1      tablespoon    Worcestershire
     1/4  teaspoon      pepper
     1/4  teaspoon      cayenne
 

Preparation:

In a 5 to 7 quart pan, over medium heat, cook sausage, stirring, until brow. Spoon from pan; reserve. Add oil to drippings in pan to make 1/3 cup fat. Add flour; stir until mixture is red brown, about 10 minutes. Add celery, garlic, onion and carrots; cook, stirring until vegetables begin o soften, about 3 minutes. Add reserved sausage, chicken broth lentils, Worcestershire, pepper and cayenne. Bring to boiling over high heat; reduce to simmer, cover and cook until lentils are soft when pressed, about 40 minutes. Source: Sunset Magazine; March 1987 Mrs. Anne Dobrinen, Fresno California