Recipe - Crawfish File Gumbo

1 cup Shortening
1 cup Flour
1 Onion, minced
One fourth cup Parsley, minced
3 Pods garlic, minced
One fourth cup Celery leaves, minced
1 pound Crawfish tails, cleaned
8 cup Water
One half cup Crawfish fat
Seasonings to taste

Make a roux by cooking shortening and flour together to make a golden
brown color while stirring constantly. Add onions and cook until soft. Add
crawfish fat. Stir constantly while cooking over low heat until shortening
floats on top. Add water and seasonings. Simmer over a low heat for 30 min.
About One half hr. before serving, add garlic and crawfish tails and let simmer
for 25 min. longer. Add parsley, green onion tops, celery leaves and simmer
5 min. longer. Just before serving, add about Three fourths tsp. file powder, if
desired. Serve in soup plates with hot steamed rice and Tabasco sauce, if
desired.

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