Caribbean Pumpkin Currycolombo De Giraumon Food

CARIBBEAN PUMPKIN CURRY/COLOMBO DE GIRAUMON

Steps:

• Heat oil and butter in a heavy large saucepan. Add the bacon, onion and green pepper and cook stirring from time to time until onion is tender but not browned.
• Add the curry powder and cook, stirring for a minute or two.
• Add the cloves, tomatoes, pumpkin, salt and pepper; stir to mix. Cover and cook on the lowest possible heat, stirring occasionally to prevent from burning.
• When the pumpkin is very tender and almost reduced to a puree, stir in garlic and cook uncovered for a minute or 2 longer.
• There should be barely any liquid left at end of cooking.If after adding garlic & cooking remaining minute or so and there is still a lot of liquid turn heat up,Watch carefully and boil away most of the liquid.Turn off heat and enjoy*.

SOUPE JOUMOU (HAITIAN PUMPKIN SOUP) SOUPE AU GIRAMOUN

Steps:

• In a medium pot, cook pumpkin and 1 Scotch bonnet pepper (do not cut, just prick once or twice) over medium heat in 6 cups water for 30 minutes. Discard the pepper.
• Purée pumpkin in the water.
• While pumpkin is cooking, clean meat with lime or sour oranges, rinse with cold water and drain.
• Make a meat rub by grinding 4 garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon thyme, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 2 sliced scallions into 2 teaspoons salt.
• Rub meat with spice mixture. Let it rest for at least 1 hour.
• Marinate meat with scallions, onion, garlic, shallot, chives, green pepper, pikliz, salt and black pepper. You can marinate meat from 1 hour up to one day in advance for flavor enhancement.
• In stockpot, add the meat with 1 cup water and cook covered over medium heat for 40 minutes.
• Add 3 cups water and puréed pumpkin and bring to a boil for 40 minutes.
• Add celery, cabbage, leek, carrots and whole cloves.
• Cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
• MAKE DUMPLINGS: BOULETTES DE PATE OR DONMBWEY:.
• In a bowl, mix flour, salt and 1 cup water, making sure there are no lumps.
• Using a tablespoon, mold dumplings into desired shape in your hand and add to boiling water. They usually take on the shape of spaetzels.
• Add pasta, potatoes, hot pepper, and butter and spoon in dumplings.
• Cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
• Taste it.
• If it needs more salt and/or pepper, add to taste.
• ENJOY!

HAITIAN PUMPKIN SOUP (SOUP JOUMOU) (SOUPE GIRAUMON)

Steps:

• 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.