Celebrating Fat Tuesday With The Taste of Creole From The Garden - Grit

Ingredients

• 1 stick of butter
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onions
• 1 cup diced shallots
• 1 1/2 cups chopped peppers
• 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 2 cups tomato puree
• 1 pint canned tomatoes
• The juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 pound peeled and deveined shrimp
• Salt, pepper, cayenne