Seafood Gumbo

Name: Seafood Gumbo
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon filé powder – see recipe; 6 large prawns in the shell; 500 g (1 lb) peeled prawns; 6 squid cleaned and cut into rings; 12 oysters, shucked; 1.5 litres (2½ pints) fish, chicken or vegetable stock, boiling; 2 tablespoons lard; 2 cloves garlic, peeled, chopped and crushed; 1 green and 1 red capsicum, peeled, seeded and finely chopped; 1 leek, peeled, sliced and thoroughly rinsed; 2 tablespoons plain flour; 2 celery stalks, trimmed and finely chopped; 1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About

Ingredients

2 tablespoons lard
2 tablespoons plain flour
1 large

Main course

Method

In a large heavy saucepan melt the lard, and sift in the flour. Cook to a deep golden brown, and add half of the onion, celery, capsicum, leek and garlic, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.

Gradually pour on the boiling stock, stirring to keep the mixture smooth, and add the remaining half of the vegetables. Cook for 20 to 30 minutes, and then add the shellfish. Cook for 10 more minutes, and