Soupe Joumou

Name: Soupe Joumou
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 600g beef shin, cubed; 500g pumpkin or butternut squash, cubed; 2 potatoes, cubed; 1 carrot, diced; 100g pasta; 1 onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tsp thyme; 1 scotch bonnet, whole; 1.5L beef stock

A Haitian freedom soup, simmering pumpkin and beef together, traditionally eaten on New Year Day to celebrate independence.

Total time

80 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Caribbean

Ingredients

600gbeef shin, cubed

500gpumpkin or butternut squash, cubed

2potatoes, cubed

1carrot, diced

100gpasta

1onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

1 tspthyme

1scotch bonnet, whole

1.5Lbeef stock

Instructions

Brown beef. Add onion, garlic and thyme.

Add stock, pumpkin and scotch bonnet. Simmer 30 minutes.

Remove pumpkin. Blend until smooth. Return to pot.

Add potato, carrot and pasta. Simmer 20 minutes.

Remove scotch bonnet. Season. Serve as a rich, thick soup.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

4.6g

Fat

0.8g

Carbs

8.8g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

1438mg

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