Browned Cajun trinity veggies and LOTS of garlic are simmered with tomato sauce and a dried bay leaf until a deep crimson-red gravy is achieved. Then, the seasoned shrimp gets added to the pot ...

and use the liquid and fat from the meat to make a gravy.” He says that high-fat cuts of meat like a pork butt or a seven steak is best for making gravy. “It’s a traditional Cajun meal ...

“I can make me some brown gravy,” says Brocato, who grew up in a little town called Belleville, north of Lafayette. His mom was country Cajun and ... the vegetarians, a tomato caprese.