Mannish Water
Mannish water, or goat head soup, is a rich and robust soup made with tender goat meat, provision, and traditional Jamaican spices. Add dumplings to make this popular Jamaican soup even more hearty.
Servings: 6 servings
Equipment
- Large Stockpot to prepare the soup
- Pressure Cooker optional, to tenderize goat meat and reduce cooking time
- Spoon and Ladle for stirring and serving soup
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Goat Meat bone-in, cut into pieces
- 12-14 cups Water plus more as needed.
- 10 whole Pimento Seeds allspice berries
- 5 cloves Garlic crushed or sliced
- 1 pound Yellow Yam peeled and diced
- 1 Yellow Potato peeled and diced
- 2 sm Coco (Eddo) peeled and diced
- 2 med Green Cooking Banana skin on, sliced
- 2 med Carrots chopped
- 1 med Chocho (Cayote Squash) peeled and diced
- 3 stalks Green Onions crushed
- 4 sprigs Fresh Thyme
- 2 whole Scotch Bonnet Pepper
- 6-8 med Spinners
- 1 Vegetable Bouillon Cube to taste
- 2 tsp Seasoning Salt or All Purpose Seasoning, to taste
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Spinners
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Instructions
- In a large stockpot, bring to rapid boil 12 cups of water. Carefully add the goat meat, garlic and pimento. Allow to boil for about 45 minutes or until the goat is mid-tender then proceed to step three (3).
- If using a pressure cooker, combine 2 pounds of goat meat, garlic, and pimento seeds with 6-8 cups of water. Cook on high pressure for 25-35 minutes. Once the goat meat is mid-tender, proceed to next step.
- Add the yam, potato, eddo (or any other ground provision), green banana, carrots, chocho, green onion, thyme, scotch bonnet peppers, and spinners. Season with vegetable bouillon, seasoning salt or all purpose seasoning, salt and pepper. Let the soup simmer, partially covered, for about 15-20 minutes.
- While the vegetables are cooking, prepare the Jamaican spinners by combining flour and water to form a stiff dough. Shape into small dumplings. Then, Drop the spinners into the pot and cook for an additional 10-15 minutes until they are cooked through.
- Taste the soup and adjust salt and pepper according to your preference, Remove the thyme sprigs, green onion stalks and pimento berries before serving, if desired. Serve hot, and enjoy.