Recipe - Fresno Smoked Sausage And Lentil Gumbo

Three fourths pound Smoked sausage
1/3 cup Alad oil
1/3 cup Flour
4 Stalks celery; chopped fine
3 cl Garlic; minced
2 md Onions; minced
2 lg Carrots; chopped fine
2 qt Chicken broth
1 Three fourths cup Lentils
1 tablespoon Worcestershire
One fourth teaspoon Pepper
One fourth teaspoon Cayenne

In a 5 to 7 quart pan, over medium heat, cook sausage, stirring, until
brow. Spoon from pan; reserve. Add oi to drippings in pan to make 1/3 cup
fat. Add flour; stir until mixture is red brown, abouth 10 minutes.

Add celery, garlic, onion and crrots; cook, stirring until vegetables
begint o soften, about 3 minutes. Add reserved sauseage, chicken broth
lentils, worcestershire, pepper and cayenne. Bring to boiling over high
ehat; redue to simmer, cover and cook until lentils ar soft when pressed,
about 40 minutes.

Found by Fran McGee Source: Sunset Magazine; March 1987 Mrs. Anne Dobrinen,
Fresno California Mrs. Dobrinen, Fresno Calif

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