Saharan West African Peanut and Pineapple Soup

  5.0 – 2 reviews  • Fruit Soup Recipes

Although it looks quite adventurous, you’ll be happy you joined us! It’s unbelievably delicious and the tastes all taste excellent when combined.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Additional Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup dried pineapple pieces
  2. 1 tablespoon canola oil
  3. ½ sweet onion, chopped
  4. 1 stalk celery, chopped
  5. 1 leek, chopped
  6. 1 teaspoon curry powder
  7. 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  8. ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  9. ¼ teaspoon salt
  10. ¾ cup peanut butter
  11. 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
  12. 3 cups water
  13. ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
  14. ¼ cup minced green onion
  15. 1 teaspoon minced garlic

Instructions

  1. Soak dried pineapple in a bowl of water until softened, at least 30 minutes; drain.
  2. Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir sweet onion, celery, and leek in hot oil until tender, about 4 minutes.
  3. Sprinkle curry powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, and salt over the vegetables; stir to coat. Cook and stir until strongly fragrant, about 4 minutes more.
  4. Add peanut butter to the pot. Drain about half the juice from the tomatoes and discard; pour remaining tomatoes and juice into the pot. Cook until the tomatoes soften, about 5 minutes. Pour 3 cups water into the pot; add drained pineapple.
  5. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer soup for 1 hour. Stir cream, green onion, and garlic into the soup.
  6. Puree about half the soup in a blender before adding the whipping cream, garlic, and scallion if you like a thicker texture.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 210 kcal
Carbohydrate 18 g
Cholesterol 8 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 6 g
Saturated Fat 4 g
Sodium 222 mg
Sugars 4 g
Fat 14 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Benjamin Pope
I’m having a tea for some ladies and wanted to serve a different soup. I made this and really really like it, but it is to heavy for a ladies tea. I will find a lighter one for that, but I will be making this again for a cold snowy day!
Karen Dalton
I dried the pineapple, and that was great! The rest of the soup was easy to put together. I used cashew milk instead of cream, and had a creamy smooth texture with bits of vegetables. This is a marvellous soup! Next time, I will make my own peanut butter for this soup!

 

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