CARNIVAL BOOKLET2-426

Island Flavors: Red Bean Soup
Rosalia Payne
Ingredients
1 Pail of Pork Tail (Use the amount needed)
3 quarts water
1 bag of Red Beans (Lakay Red Kidney
Beans give a rich and bright recolor.)
2 to 4 Tanias
2 to 4 Sweet Potatoes
Dumplings – Corn meal and or plain
1 tsp. ginger or enough to taste
½ tsp. Black Pepper
½ Tbs. Onion
½ Tbs. Sweet pepper
2 Sprigs of thyme
Sugar to taste
Dumpling Recipe
2 c. flour
½ c. Corn meal
Dash of black pepper
2 Tbs. Shortening
2 Tsp. sugar
Salt water
Directions
Soak the pork tails over night to take out the excess salt. Clean and cook the pork tails. Change the water
and cook a second time until the pork tails are soft. Cut the pork tails into pieces. Save the stock from the
second boiling and place in the freezer. Skim the fat off. Save the stock to add gradually to the soup for
flavor. (This process may be done ahead of time.)
Boil the red beans in the three quarts of water with three cloves of garlic. You may need to add water as
the beans boil. The beans are cooked when they begin to push out of the red skin or are soft to touch.
Then cook the sweet potatoes and Tania with salt in a separate pot. (Note: I boil the sweet potatoes with
the skin until half cooked. Let them cool, then peel and cut in pieces.) Place the provisions in a dish to
cool. (This is to avoid the provisions from breaking up if added to the soup too soon.)
Season a cup of water with salt and add to the other ingredients as needed to get a firm dough. Knead
the dough lightly and let it rest for a few minutes. Cut the dough into shapes.
Add the pork tails, sweet pepper, thyme, and onions to the pot of red beans and cook on medium heat.
Add half of the pork tail stock and continue to add more if it is needed. This gives the soup a great taste.
Add the dumplings and let them boil until they rise to the top or cooked. Add the sweet potatoes and tannias.
Then add the ginger, black pepper, and sugar to taste. Lower the heat to medium and let the soup
simmer to a nice consistency. (Stir continuously to avoid anything from sticking to the pot.)
Continue to add more ginger, salt, black pepper or sugar to get the perfect taste.
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