Party Gumbo Recipe - Hermann Wine Trail

Ingredients

• ½ cup Butter
• ½ cup Olive Oil
• 1 gal coarse chopped onion
• ½ gal coarse chopped green bell pepper
• ½ gal coarse chopped celery
• 1 cup garlic paste or minced garlic
• 2 gal Chicken stock
• 3 to 4 cups of dark roux
• ½ gal Shrimp stock or Clam Juice (optional)
• 1 # 10 can chopped Tomatoes
• 6 lbs chopped Okra (frozen or fresh)
• 16 bay leaves
• 4 tbs. Thyme
• 2 tbs. ground Mustard
• 4 tbs. Marjoram
• 2 tbs. ground Black Pepper
• ½ cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup Louisiana hot sauce
• 6 tbs. Gumbo File add 2 tbs. at a time
• 2 tbs. liquid smoke (add near end of cooking time)