Frogmore Stew ( Hot Sausage And Shrimp )

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 lbs hot italian sausage links
• 1 1/2 lbs new potatoes, cleaned
• 2 1/2 heads garlic, peeled (30-40)
• 16 medium onions, peeled and quartered
• 4 hot peppers, chopped
• 8 lemons, halved
• 2 teaspoons old bay seasoning
• 1 bunch parsley, tied together
• 1 1/2 cups cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 teaspoons black pepper
• 16 ears corn, husked and chopped into 4 pieces each
• 2 teaspoons tabasco sauce
• 6 lbs shrimp (in the shell)
• 5 quarts water

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy stockpot brown sausage until done.
• 2 remove sausage.
• 3 add the 5 quarts of water and bring to a boil over high heat.
• 4 add the spuds, garlic and onions and return to a boil.
• 5 cover and cook for 15 minute.
• 6 add the sausage, hot peppers, lemons, old bay, parsley and vinegar.
• 7 cover and simmer 15 min longer.
• 8 add the salt, pepper and corn and bring back to a boil.
• 9 add the tabasco and the shrimp and poach until the shrimp are done-no more than 5 minute.
• 10 remove the lemon halves and the tied parsley.
• 11 this parts up to you.
• 12 you can ladle out the shrimp, sausage and veg and serve on a plate-broth in a bowl, or you can reserve the broth for something else, or you can serve together.
• 13 all in all i think the best way is strained, served on paper plates set on newspaper so you have somewhere to put the shells and cobs.