Haitian Pumpkin Soup (Soup Joumou) (Soupe Giraumon)
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 lb corned beef or 1 lb beef stew meat
- water
- 1 1⁄2 lbs pumpkin, peeled & diced
- 2 turnips, diced
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 sprig parsley
- 1 sprig thyme
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 cup milk
- 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3⁄4 cup rice, washed (uncooked, not instant)
- salt
- 3⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 -4 teaspoons butter
directions
- In a saucepan, cover beef generously with water and boil over medium low heat, partially covered for 1 hour.
- Drain and chop beef into bite-sized pieces.
- In a saucepan, bring 4 cups of water to a boil; add pumpkin, turnips, beef, onions, parsley, thyme, and 2 cloves garlic.
- Simmer until pumpkin is tender (15 minutes).
- Discard parsley and thyme.
- Transfer pumpkin to food processor with 1/4 cup stock and puree.
- Return to saucepan and heat through.
- Add milk, nutmeg, butter, and rice; cook until rice is tender (15-20 minutes).
- Season with salt and pepper, and mix in remaining garlic.
- Serve hot with a little butter in each bowl.
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Reviews
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Made this tonight to rave reviews from family and friends. I made it in a crockpot, so I browned the meat first, then the onions and deglazed with a little white wine, then put all the ingredients together and set it on low for about 6 hours. I used canned pumpkin as suggested by Gingertrees, as well as dried thyme. I did put in a nice bunch of flat-leaf parsley, as well as about 1/2 t fresh nutmeg, 1/4 t cayenne and a bay leaf. Perhaps it was because I used brown rice, but I needed to add an extra cup of water to get a stew consistency. Otherwise, it was more like a lumpy mess. :) Quite delicious lumpy mess, though!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
littleturtle
United States