Turtle Sauce Piquante

Ingredients

1,400 gr turtle meat
1,400 ml water
600 gr tomatoes
3 gr garlic
170 ml tomato sauce
50 gr celery
120 gr mushrooms liquid
65 gr shallots
4 onions
45 gr bell pepper
7 gr parsley
3 lemon peel

Instructions

Cayenne pepper/generous Salt & pepper to taste Fry meat in minimum oil til tender to fork. Usually 20 35 minutes. Remove. Make a roux of 6 Tablespoon oil to equal amount flour. When deep (not dark) brown, add onion. Cook until transparent but don't burn. Add 3 pints cold water and bring to a boil. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, celery, bell pepper, shallots, garlic, mushrooms. Let boil about 15 or 16 minutes. Add fried turtle meat, parsley, lemon peel and salt & pepper to taste. Let simmer over low fire for at least one hour. Serve over hot rice. Also for: Any tough meat, such as large alligator, raccoon. Recipe date: 0.011494252873563