Title: Fresno Smoked Sausage and Lentil Gumbo
Categories: Bean Soup Lentils Meat
Yield: 6 Servings

3/4	lb	Smoked sausage
1/3	c	Alad oil
1/3	c	Flour
4		Stalks celery; chopped fine
3	cl	Garlic; minced
2	md	Onions; diced
2	lg	Carrots; chopped fine
2	qt	Chicken broth
1 3/4	c	Lentils
1	tb	Worcestershire
1/4	ts	Pepper
1/4	ts	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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