Seafood Pumpkin Gumbo

Seafood Pumpkin Gumbo

 

Ingredients

4 Tbsp              Butter

½ cup               Flour

1 lb                  Andouille Sausage

1 Tbsp              Clarified butter

½ cup               Chopped Onion

½ cup               Chopped Celery

¼ cup               Chopped Red Pepper

1 each             Pumpkin, roasted and pureed

2 tsp                Blackening seasoning

2 tsp                Chopped Garlic

2 Tbsp              Sherry

½ cup               Chopped Clams

2 cups              Clam Juice

2 cups              Chicken Stock

1 cup               Sliced Okra

1 Tbsp              Gumbo Filé Powder

½ tsp                Cayenne Pepper

1 tsp                Chopped Fresh Thyme

1 cup               Chopped Firm Fish, such as grouper or mahi mahi

24                    Mussels

16                    Large Shrimp

Chopped Fresh Parsley

Lemon Zest

Salt & Pepper, to taste

 

Procedure:

Make a roux by combining the butter and flour in a small oven-proof saucepan and place in a 350º F oven.  After 8-10 minutes, remove and stir then return to the oven.  Repeat this process until the roux is the color of chocolate.  Set aside.  Slice the sausage in half lengthwise then again into ¼ inch pieces.  Heat the clarified butter in a medium saucepan oven medium-high heat and brown the sausage.  Add the chopped onion, celery, red pepper, pumpkin and blackening seasoning.  Reduce the heat to medium to cook for 5 minutes.  Add the garlic and cook for one more minute.  Stir in the roux, cook for one minute, then deglaze the pan with the sherry.  Add the clams, clam juice, chicken stock, okra and season to taste.  Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and add the gumbo filé, cayenne pepper and thyme.  Simmer for one hour until thick.  Add the chopped fish and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.  Add the mussels and shrimp and cook until the mussels open.  Serve with grilled bread and garnish with parsley and lemon zest.