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Jamaican Black Bean Soup With Smoked Ham Hocks And Spinners

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Here is another hearty recipe of wonderful comfort food.
Many folks are familiar with Jamaican dumplings and some have become addicted to them like I have. Although in their most basic form they are made of just flour, water and salt, as part of a soup or stew they can be mind-boggling great because of their unique texture. As for the taste, I usually add garlic paste and cayenne pepper to give them a bit of extra umph 🙂
The traditional shape of Jamaican dumplings is a thick disk shape with an indention in the center. Spinners are made of the same dough, but they are “spinned” between your hands to shape them into tapered tubes, which is the shape I prefer.
As for the protein in the bean soup, use whatever you like and/or have at hand. Chicken, pork, salt beef, fresh beef, even seafood or just root vegetables. Of course, smoked ham hocks are the price in today’s lunch’ version, which could not have been more tasty and delicious.
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Bon Appetit ! Irie, Mon !
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Jamaican Black Bean Soup With Smoked Ham Hocks And Spinners

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Jamaican Black Bean Soup With Smoked Ham Hocks And Spinners

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Preparation :
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simmer ham hocks in generously seasoned water (kosher salt, garlic paste, scotch bonnet hot sauce) until tender but NOT falling apart

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when ham hocks are tender, remove from stock, reserve

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smoked ham hocks

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remove bones from ham hocks, give one each to your dog and his/her friends 🙂

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dice meat and skin into bite size cubes

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add canned, strained black beans, quartered onions, a small amount of curry powder and turmeric and coconut milk to stock, simmer for another 45 minutes

add canned, strained black beans, quartered onions, a small amount of curry powder, turmeric and coconut milk to stock, simmer for another 45 minutes

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blend in electric blender until smooth, check / adjust seasoning

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make a dough of a/p flour, water and salt, knead until the dough looks like this

make a dough of a/p flour, water, garlic paste, hot sauce and salt, knead until the dough is smooth

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roll individual pieces into small tubes like this, simmer in salt water until cooked through, 25 to 45 minutes, depending on the size you prefer

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add meat to soup to heat through

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plate soup in serving dish

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top with spinners

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sprinkle with scallions and/or herbs of your choice

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Jamaican Black Bean Soup With Smoked Ham Hocks And Spinners

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Jamaican Black Bean Soup With Smoked Ham Hocks And Spinners

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Simple Cooking – Perfect Meal

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Sauteed cowboy steak medium rare. Spinach sauteed in duck fat with freshly grated horseradish, bacon, garlic and onion. Very thick cut slice of sourdough bread to soak up all the juices. Scotch bonnet & garlic compound butter to give it a bit of a kick.
Do I need to write more about this dish?
Hell no, just look at the pictures and start drooling 🙂

Recipe for Scotch Bonnet & Garlic Compound Butter

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !

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Cowboy Steak, Spinach & Chili Butter

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” Breakfast Of Champions ” # 9 – Quesadillas & Scrambled Eggs

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Saturday –
Sleeping in, letting Bella out the back door instead of walking around the block at 4.00am, watching the news and a movie at 7.00am, how wonderful.
The crowning moment of the morning, as usual, is having a “breakfast of champions”, while watching a good movie and knowing that for two day’s the world consists of joy and tranquility.
This morning I fancied Quesadillas, scrambled eggs with bologna, guacamole, pickled cucumbers and scotch bonnet sauce. (The movie – Blue Velvet)

Happy Weekend ! Life is Good !
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” Braised Pork Ribs With Fermented Black Bean Sauce “

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Today I wanted to use my newly purchased glass cooking vessel, “guaranteed stove top save”
Well, it might have been be save from talking or painting or other such mundane undertakings, but it certainly was not save from exploding into a thousand pieces.
So much for ” guaranteed warranties ” . ( Kind of like the promises of our politician’s ).
Any way, after I cleaned up the mess and calmed Bella down, I proceeded to cook dinner the old fashion way, on the stove top in a rigged metal steamer.
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Braised pork ribs with fermented black bean sauce & rice.
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Ingredients :

Pork ribs,
Scallion,
Onion
Chilis,
Ginger,
Garlic
Cilantro
Soy sauce,
Fermented black bean sauce
Scotch bonnet hot sauce
Sesame oil
Water or unsalted stock

Method :

In a steamer (or makeshift steamer)put all ingredients except
half the cilantro you are using in the bottom of the steamer.
Add a wire rack, place ribs on top and cover air tight.
Steam for one hour or until ribs are tender.
Remove ribs and set aside. Strain sauce and brush both sides of ribs.
Put ribs back on rack on a clean baking tray and bake in oven until
nicely glazed, repeatedly adding more sauce as needed.
To serve, nape with remaining sauce and sprinkle with
cilantro and some more chilis.