Ingredients

  • MEAT AND PUMPKIN STEPS
  • 2 lbs calabaza fresh pumpkin, peeled and cut into large chunks
  • 1 lb beef bones with marrow
  • 1 1 lb chuck or 1 lb stewing beef
  • 1 -2 fresh limes (don't use the bottled stuff) or 1 -2 sour orange, cut in half (don't use the bottled stuff)
  • RUB
  • 2 scallions, including the green tops, chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed and minced
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • MARINADE
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 2 scallions, including the green tops, chopped
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 fresh chives, minced
  • 1 green pepper, sliced thin
  • 2 tablespoons pikliz haitian spicy pickling vinegar (Spicy Vinegar of Haiti - Picklese (Pikliz))
  • VEGETABLES
  • 4 celery ribs, cut in 1-inch pieces
  • 12 cabbage leaves, cut in 4 pieces each
  • 1 leek, stalk well cleaned & sliced in 1-inch pieces
  • 2 small turnips, peel cut in 1-inch pieces
  • 2 large carrots, peel cut in 1-inch pieces
  • 4 -6 whole cloves
  • 1/2 cup spaghetti (or a little of both mixed with egg noodles) or 1/2 cup macaroni (or a little of both mixed with egg noodles)
  • 2 large potatoes, peeled and cut in 4 pieces each
  • 2 scotch bonnet peppers or 2 habanero peppers, whole with stem and pricked with a fork twice
  • 1 tablespoon butter (optional)
  • SOUP DUMPLINGS
  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Method

  • 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.
  • Puree 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 pureed 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!