Name: Jamaican Pepperpot Soup
Ingredients: 2 pound spinach, washed and chopped fine, or Calaloo; gallon of broth; 1/2 pound okra, cut into 1/2 slices; 2 onions, diced; 6 green onions, diced; 10 cloves garlic, mashed; 1 bunch fresh thyme, or 1 TBS dried leaves; 8 allspice berries or 1/2 tsp ground; 1 whole, green scotch bonnet pepper, or 1 tsp hot sauce; 2 med potatoes, sweet potatoes (Boniato) or 1/2 lb Jamaican Yellow Yam, diced; 1/3 cup canned coconut milk; 1/2 pound fresh shrimp, head-on and un-shelled, preferably (optional); 1 fresh blue crab (optional but delicious!); Salt and Pepper

Jamaican Pepperpot Soup

Ingredients

2 pounds spinach, washed and chopped fine, or Calaloo
gallon of broth
1/2 pound okra, cut into 1/2 slices
2 onions, diced
6 green onions, diced
10 cloves garlic, mashed
1 bunch fresh thyme, or 1 TBS dried leaves
8 allspice berries or 1/2 tsp ground
1 whole, green scotch bonnet pepper, or 1 tsp hot sauce
2 med potatoes, sweet potatoes (Boniato) or 1/2 lb Jamaican Yellow Yam, diced
1/3 cup canned coconut milk
1/2 pound fresh shrimp, head-on and un-shelled, preferably (optional)
1 fresh blue crab (optional but delicious!)
Salt and Pepper

Instructions

In a large stock-pot, add the broth, chopped spinach, the Allspice, (we call it Pimento), and all the other spices and seasonings, and return to simmer for 30-45 minutes, or until the vegetables are cooked. Add the potatoes, and yams, coconut milk and the diced okra, and simmer until the potatoes are cooked. We also add some "spinners", which are simply flour and water and salt, kneaded to a tight dough, broken into little pieces and rolled between the palms of both hands into a chunky-cigarette shape, and dropped into the soup. When the soup is cooked, it should be slightly thickened by the okra. At this point, just before serving, add the shrimp, and the crab, simmer until the shellfish have turned pink, and are cooked. Your soup is now ready to be served with slices of hearty Jamaican hard-dough, or a Sour-dough bread.