Soup Joumou

Name: Soup Joumou
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Haiti
Ingredients: 1 butternut squash, roasted and pureed; 600g beef, cubed; 2 potatoes, diced; 2 carrots, diced; 200g pasta or dumplings; 1 plantain, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic; 1 Scotch bonnet, whole; fresh thyme, parsley and spring onion to season

Haiti

Haitian enslaved people were forbidden to eat squash soup, which was reserved for French colonists. After independence in 1804, every Haitian ate it. Now a UNESCO-recognised tradition.

Haiti's independence soup — a rich butternut squash, beef and root vegetable soup, eaten on January 1 to celebrate Haiti's 1804 independence from France.

Photo: Aliceba

Prep

30 mins

Cook

90 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

260 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

1butternut squash, roasted and pureed

600gbeef, cubed

2potatoes, diced

2carrots, diced

200gpasta or dumplings

1plantain, sliced

1onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic

1Scotch bonnet, whole

fresh thyme, parsley and spring onionto season

Method

Brown beef. Add onion, garlic, herbs and Scotch bonnet. Add water.

Simmer 45 minutes. Add vegetables and squash purée.

Simmer 20 minutes. Add pasta. Cook 10 more minutes.

Season generously.

Chef's Tip

Make a large pot — soup joumou is shared with family, neighbours and strangers on independence morning.

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