Razmatazz Pasta

INGREDIENTS
half a stick of butter
2-3 cloves garlic minced
2 cup water or seafood broth... it's up to you which to use

approximately 2-4 tbs of cajun seasoning. i used slap ya mamma or tony chachere (just be careful because both of these are really really salty)

1 medium tomato, diced (or a can of rotel tomatoes)
3 or 4 stalks celery

1/2 bell pepper (the red bells add a great color and a tiny amount of flavor kick)

1/2 onion

**cilantro

1/4 cup flour

black pepper to taste
gumbo file
3 creole sausage
10 jumbo- I mean HUGE shrimps
pasta

In a medium pot mix the water, garlic, 1/4 stick of butter, and cajun seasonings on medium heat. Boil for about 7 minutes. Remove from heat. Add your shrimp and cook just until they turn a pinkish color (about 4 minutes or so). Remove the shrimp and set aside. You'll peel and chop them later on.

Use between 1/2 to about a cup of the broth from the shrimp. Start out with 1/4 cup of the broth. Turn the fire up to a medium heat and whisk in the flour, little by little until the mixture begins to bubble and looks like smooth, wet paste. Do not stop whisking, because if you stop, your base could burn... if it burns, YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT HESITATION HAVE TO START OVER. Gently whisk in the remaining broth, 1/4 stick of butter, gumbo file, black pepper, celery, bell pepper, onion, and tomatoes. **you can add a few sprigs of finely chopped cilantro here if you want to. Taste to see if the flavor you like is there, adding seasoning to your liking. Bring to a boil. Boil for a few minutes, about 3. Turn down the heat to a low, gentle simmer for about 10 minutes.

In a seperate skillet, cook your sausage. The kind I used, I cut the skin off, and cooked it like ground sausage, but you may have links. If you are using links, slice them, and then quarter the slices so they are bite size.

As the sausage is cooking, peel your shrimp. They should be cooled off by now. Chop them into bite size chunks. Add them to the sauce. When your sausage is done cooking add it to the sauce too. Continue simmering for about 10 minutes.

Boil your pasta. Drain. Toss with the pasta with the sauce. Walla!


ENJOY!

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