I have tried this once before, but I totally destroyed it and it was disgusting. This year I found this delicious and easy recipe:
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.
Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/haitian-pumpkin-soup-soup-joumou-soupe-giraumon-117705#ixzz1krWWR9HW
Even better than the soup was the reason for it. Before Haiti won their independence, Pumpkin was considered a delicacy and the slaves were forbidden from eating it. So every year they eat pumpkin soup to celebrate their victory. Read more here:
http://silverinternational.mbhs.edu/v162/V16.2.04a.Independence.htm