Savannah Gumbo Paula Deen Recipes

SAVANNAH SEAFOOD GUMBO

Steps:

• In a large pot combine oil and flour. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until the roux has browned to a light chocolate color. Add onion, pepper, celery and garlic. Sauté for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Slowly add chicken broth and chicken base, stirring as you go. Add water, bay leaves, thyme, basil, parsley, lemon pepper, cayenne pepper, House Seasoning, soy sauce and tomatoes. Cut sausage into 1/2-inch pieces. Add to pot along with okra. Cover pot and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add oysters, crabmeat, shrimp and scallops. Simmer for an additional 15 minutes. Serve over hot buttered rice. Sprinkle with file powder on top of bowl and stir in.
• Tip: Add filé powder after putting gumbo into individual serving bowls. Adding filé into the pot will make the gumbo too thick as filé powder acts as a thickening agent.

GUMBO BY PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken until browned on both sides and remove. Add the sausage and cook until browned, then remove. Sprinkle the flour over the oil, add 2 tablespoons of margarine and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until brown, about 10 minutes. Let the roux cool.
• Return the Dutch oven to low heat and melt the remaining 3 tablespoons margarine. Add the onion, garlic, green pepper and celery and cook for 10 minutes. Add Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, to taste and the 1/4 bunch parsley. Cook, while stirring frequently, for 10 minutes. Add 4 cups hot water and bouillon cubes, whisking constantly. Add the chicken and sausage. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes. Add tomatoes and okra. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Just before serving add the green onions, shrimp and chopped parsley.

SAVANNAH GUMBO - PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• In a 5 quart pot combine the flour and butter and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the roux has a brown to a light chocolate color.
• Add the onion, pepper, and garlic and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add the sausage, chicken, broth, tomatoes, okra, thyme, bay leaves, and cayenne, and simmer over low heat for 45 to 50 minutes.
• Add the file powder and salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove and discard the bay leaves.
• Serve the gumbo over rice. For an extra special pot of gumbo, throw in some peeled before adding the file.

SAVANNAH CHEESECAKE COOKIES (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, pecans, and butter in bowl.
• Press dough into an ungreased (I grease pan as bars tend to stick if you do not) 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• For filling, beat cream cheese and granulated sugar together in a bowl until smooth, using a handheld electric mixer; add eggs and extract; beat well. Pour over crust.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• Cut into squares before serving.
• Decorate tops with berries and mint leaves.