CRAWFISH JAMBALAYA

Crawfish Jambalaya
A Cajun Jambalaya...no tomatoes!

1 ½ cups diced ham
1 package frozen crawfish tail meat (it comes in 12 ounce or 16 ounce packages where I am, use the 1 pound package if you can but the 12-ounce will suffice.)
2 Tbsp. Oil
1 ½ Tbsp. Butter
2 large onions, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper
2 cups rice
1 quart beef consumme (canned) or very strong beef or chicken broth
4 cups diced tomatoes
1 green pepper, chopped
Cayenne
½ cup sherry wine
1/4 cup dry red wine

Saute ham and crawfish meat in oil untl heated through. Add butter, onion, garlic, bay leaf, salt, pepper and rice. Saute until rice is brown. Add consumme, tomatoes, green pepper and cayenne. Carefully stir mixture; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 to 30 minutes. Add sherry and red wine. Do not stir. Cook 5 to 10 minutes to heat throughly. Remove bay leaves.
8 servings.