Wild duck gumbo #1

12 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupFlour
1teaspoonBlack pepper
1poundsSmoked sausage
cupOil
1gallonOn water
Tabasco to taste
½teaspoonRed pepper
3cupsMixture of chopped onion; celery and bell pepper
½cupGreen onion tops; chopped
tablespoonSalt
4largesWild ducks; cut in pieces and browned
3tablespoonsGumbo fil

Directions

Mix flour and oil and cook until brown, stirring constantly. Remove from fire and add onions, green pepper and celery mixture. Saut‚. Add water in small amounts. Return to the fire. Add salt, Tabasco sauce and pepper. Add duck and simmer 3 hours. Add smoked sausage the last hour. Season to taste.

Just before serving over rice add green onions and gumbo fil‚.

Caution: Do not heat with fil‚. From <A Taste of Louisiana>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .