Duck Gumbo my way

[CM]

I love making duck gumbo, it takes a long time, but the rewards are great and we freeze it to make sure we have duck gumbo in the summer. I will share what I use, pretty basic and can be altered to smaller batches, but nothing like making huge batches. Figure at least 3- 4 hours
1. Duck breast cubed up
2. sausage cubed up
3. lump crab
4. trinity for those who do not know (celery, bell peppers, green onions)
5. mushrooms cubed up
6. okra
7. gumbo file, Basil, thine, Tony's,
8. jalapeños
9. Most important, lots of love, great gumbo takes time, do not get into a hurry.

I make the roué in the microwave, it a lot quicker,
NOTE: be careful not to over cook the veggies, you will take the PH level out and evaporate them completely, how do I know?
Also if the roué smells like burnt coffee, throw it away and start again.
this batch has 56 duck breast, 1 package sausage, 2 packages of okra, and tons of veggies.

[Cadiyak Sam]

Oooooweeeee that looks like some good stuff! I'm going to have to try that. Do you use pork sausage or venison sausage? Sometimes venison can dry up so I'm wondering if it can be a substitute.

[CM]

normally I use Andouie sausage, but the ones I had were freezer burned, so I used Italian sausage. you can use deer sausage, but I have found that the more spices in the sausage the more you can taste it. its more a personal preferance. Did you notice "I do not use tomato sauce"?

[Midcoast Mark]

How in the world do you make a roux in the microwave???
My dear cajun grandmother taught me to make a roux.
Neutral oil and flour in a cast iron cauldron over high heat.
Stir like crazy and make certain you don't get touched by the napalm.
Since you don't list flour and oil, maybe you are making a roux with the file, okra and trinity.

[CM]

How in the world do you make a roux in the microwave???

because this was such a large batch, I took 2 cups of flour, and 2 cups of oil, blended in a Pyrex bowl and put in the microwave on high for 8-10- minutes. I stopped at 3 - 5 minutes and stirred. it changes color in the microwave, but I put it in the pot to darken it. learned it from a Cajun.
NOTE its really hot be careful
No need to stir for over 1 hour.

[Bankshot]

Hi CM,
What's your roux to liquid ratio? I use 1cup each flour and oil to 1 gallon of broth.

[CM]

thats about right. I have never measured it. BTW, had duck gumbo last night, and its still s good as the day I cooked it. with all the stuff I put in there, I just keep adding water to get the level that looks good to me. I do not like watery so I add almost a whole bottle of gumbo fillet to thicken it up.

[surfpunk]

wowowow looks really tasty