Shrimp Creole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large onion
1 bell pepper
1 -2 hot banana pepper (optional)
1 jalapeno pepper (optional)
1 serrano chili pepper (optional)
3 stalks celery
1 garlic clove
2 tablespoons safflower oil
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup dry sherry
3 (10 3/4 ounce) cans tomato soup
1 1/2 lbs shrimp (peeled raw)

Preparation

Cut onion, peppers, and celery into small pieces.
Mash and dice garlic.
Saute in oil until tender.
Add flour and bay leaf.
Stir over low heat for about 2 minutes.
Add diced tomatoes(with liquid), sugar, salt, and sherry, and stir until smooth.
Keep heat low.
Add shrimp when rest of meal is ready.
Cook until shrimp just begins to curl.
Serve.