DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Adémè dessi
Togolese jute-leaf soup with assorted meats and fermented salted fish.
About Adémè dessi
Togo-born Armelle Dee presents this Ademe Dessi as a Togolese jute-leaf soup. This selection follows her home-preboiled leaves, retained cooking juice and subsequent soup with assorted meats and lanhoin.
Ginger, onion, black pepper and Scotch bonnet season the leaves. Fermented salted fish contributes a savoury element alongside the dried shrimp powder, complementing the assorted meats.
The leaves form a smooth, viscous soup around the meat. Akume is the selected named accompaniment; its separate preparation is outside the published soup formula.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Adémè dessi
Armelle Dee’s Togolese Ademe Dessi with lanhoin.
- Jute leavesBase · Preboiled leaves
- WaterLiquid · Preboiled leaves
- Sodium bicarbonateSeasoning · Preboiled leavesIngredient page not linked
- Precooked assorted meatsProteinIngredient page not linked
- Lanhoin fermented salted fishSeasoning
- Ginger pasteAromatic
- Onion paste and sliced onionAromatic
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Scotch bonnet peppersSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Dried shrimp powderSeasoning
- AkumeAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Jute leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Author own fresh leaves preboiled/frozen with juice selected; freezing is storage, not a distinct leaf substitution.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit little water for author fresh-leaf preboil66, retained with juice67; no invented extra soup or washing-water allocation.
- Sodium bicarbonate: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit dash in author own preboiling66; exact product unknown.
- Precooked assorted meats: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact animal species/cuts, precooking and seasoning formulas unspecified.
- Lanhoin fermented salted fish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Broader fermented-fish candidate; exact species/formula unknown. Selected instead of bouillon.
- Ginger paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader ginger candidate; prepared paste formula unknown.
- Onion paste and sliced onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader onion candidate; card paste plus method sliced onion104; paste formula unknown.
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Scotch bonnet peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected source alternative over green habanero.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Narrative74 and method102, absent short card.
- Dried shrimp powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Narrative73 explicitly names it but card80–86 and method omit; retained with unresolved usage, not fabricated optionality.
- Akume: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected from source Akume/gari/ablo service alternatives; separate formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Togo
- TogoCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Togolese Cuisine
- Togolese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.