Haitian Pumpkin Soup - Soup Joumou (pronounced Joo-moo)

Ingredients

    Beef marinate made by crushing 4 garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon thyme 1/4 teaspoon pepper, shallot and 2 sliced scallions and 2 teaspoons of salt
    1-pound piece of beef stew meat
    10 cups water (add more later if necessary to make soup less thick)
    1 whole scotch bonnet pepper with stem
    2 pounds pumpkin (or winter squash / butternut), peeled and chopped (2 packages frozen squash will also do)
    2 carrots peeled and sliced
    2 stalks celery sliced lengthwise and cut into pieces
    5 parsley sprigs
    1 large onion cubed
    2 medium turnips peeled and cubed
    2 medium potatoes peeled and cubed
    1 pound cabbage sliced fine and chopped
    1/4 pound vermicelli or other thin pasta, broken into shorter lengths
    2 limes juiced
    1/4 can tomato paste (for browning meat)
    1/2 cup or 1 can tomato sauce
    1 low sodium beef bouillon cube (if you'd like more flavor)

Description

This Savory Soup Is Served In All Haitian Households On New Years Day In Commemoration Of Independence Day. It Was On January First, 1804, That Haiti Became The World's First Independent Black Republic By Defeating The French.

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