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Soup Joumou
Haitian squash soup with macaroni, beef and vegetables, from Mirlene’s stovetop rendition.
About Soup Joumou
Soup Joumou is a Haitian squash soup closely associated with New Year's Day and independence celebrations. Mirlene's stovetop rendition combines butternut squash, beef, macaroni and vegetables in a substantial bowl.
Garlic, ginger, fresh sage and parsley give the soup its aromatic character. Lemon juice adds brightness to the squash base, with cabbage, vegetable broth and a named vegetable bouillon paste contributing to the savoury mixture.
The soup is served warm, with pieces of meat, vegetables and pasta in its squash-coloured broth. Soft milk rolls are an offered accompaniment to the bowl.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat.
Optional additions: Egg, Milk.
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Celery, Soy.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Soup Joumou
Mirlene’s stovetop Haitian Soup Joumou with macaroni.
- Butternut squashBase
- MacaroniBaseIngredient page not linked
- Beef cubesProtein · Optional
- Fresh gingerAromatic
- S&B Fresh Vegetables 8 Vegetable BlendBaseIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- Pepper, unspecifiedSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- Lemon juiceSeasoning
- Fresh garden sageAromatic
- CabbageBase
- Better Than Bouillon vegetable paste, variant unspecifiedSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Olive oilCooking medium
- Fresh parsleyAromatic
- WaterLiquid
- Vegetable brothLiquid
- All-purpose wheat flour for milk rollsAccompaniment · Optional
- Eggs for milk rolls and washAccompaniment · Optional
- Butter for milk rolls, bowl and finishAccompaniment · Optional
- Sugar for milk rollsAccompaniment · Optional
- Instant yeast for milk rollsAccompaniment · Optional
- Milk for rolls and egg washAccompaniment · Optional
- Flour for roll work surface, cereal unspecifiedCooking medium · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Butternut squash: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Macaroni: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual113 ordinary macaroni confirms Wheat; no separate IP penne union.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Beef cubes (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual114 default meat, same-source172 explicitly offers removing meat for vegan rendition; omission retained optional, no assertion altered version classic or safe.
- Fresh ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual115 listed; creator223 confirms using ginger AND garlic, exact stage omitted from stove149 preserved.
- S&B Fresh Vegetables 8 Vegetable Blend: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual116 directly links specific Stop&Shop/SB Instacart product. Ordinary403/enabled unavailable; exact eight members and product formula unprovided, no invented carrots/celery/peas from another version.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main117; own buns124 kosher salt mapped broad same Salt, remains required by main.
- Pepper, unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual119/149/155 first lemon over lime option.
- Fresh garden sage: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cabbage: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Better Than Bouillon vegetable paste, variant unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Celery unconfirmed; Soy unconfirmed. Actual122/154 named brand vegetable base, creator199 confirms Vegetablebase. Current manufacturer Original SeasonedVegetableBase63 contains Celery/Soy; original/organic/reduced-sodium/market variant not specified in recipe, so exact jar match unresolved.
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual123 listed, stove method has no explicit addition stage; not omitted.
- Fresh parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vegetable broth: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual126 prepared broth no own manufacturing formula/link; precise label/ingredients unresolved.
- All-purpose wheat flour for milk rolls (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Own120 complete offered bread65/155, side-only optional.
- Eggs for milk rolls and wash (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Own121/128/139 includes whole eggs and yolk wash, same food allocation.
- Butter for milk rolls, bowl and finish (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Own122/142 butter plus actual bowl butter option78 selected over generic oil; source135 oiled-bowl preference retained as alternate.
- Sugar for milk rolls (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own123.
- Instant yeast for milk rolls (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own125/66 Saf instant product named, exact formulation unverified.
- Milk for rolls and egg wash (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Own126/127 milk dough/wash over water-dough alternative57.
- Flour for roll work surface, cereal unspecified (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own134/136/138 generic contact flour, no automatic identity with AP dough; entire side-only allocation optional.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Haiti
- HaitiCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Haitian Cuisine
- Haitian CuisineCatalogue link pending review