Soup joumou
Soup joumou, from above
Non vegHaiti

Soup joumou

Pumpkin soup with beef, vegetables and pasta. Haiti's Independence Day bowl of freedom.

150 minTime
32 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Grandma's wayPumpkin, beef, vegetables and pasta for 1 January.
The original
384kcalsame
32 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
150minutessame

Soup joumou.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

8 servings
Beef800 g stewing beef
Lemon2 limes, for washing
Garlic6 cloves
Flat leaf parsleya handful
Onion1
Pumpkin1 kg pumpkin (giraumon or kabocha)
Water2.5 litres
Potato3, in chunks
Carrot2, sliced
Cabbage¼ head, shredded
Turnip1, diced
Celery2 sticks
Leek1
Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1 whole
Whole spices4 cloves
Dried thyme1 tsp
Pasta1½ cups rigatoni or macaroni
Butter1½ tbsp
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Wash the beef with lime and water, then marinate with garlic, parsley, onion and salt for 30 minutes.
  2. 2Simmer the beef in the water for 1 hour until tender.
  3. 3Boil the pumpkin until soft, then blend with some broth and pour into the pot.
  4. 4Add potato, carrot, turnip, cabbage, celery, leek, the whole chilli, cloves and thyme. Simmer 25 minutes.
  5. 5Add the pasta and cook 12 minutes. Stir in the butter and taste for salt.
Serve it like this

Ladle into big bowls with chunks of beef and vegetables, with bread on the side. Serve steaming on New Year's morning.

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What goes with Soup joumou: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

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On the side Avial35 min
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A little snack Tostones30 min
To drink Sol kadhi40 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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