Mannish Water

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 1 hour

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds goat head and belly

1/4 cup white cane vinegar

4 cups water

4 cloves garlic, crushed

6 whole pimento berries

2 pounds yellow yam, peeled, diced

4 medium carrots, peeled, diced

2 large cho cho, peeled, diced

1 pound Irish potato

6 fingers green bananas

1 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup water

1 packet Grace Cock Soup Mix

2 sprigs thyme

2 stalks scallion

1 whole Scotch bonnet pepper

1 teaspoon soft margarine

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/4 cup white rum, optional

DIRECTIONS

Cut goat head and belly in small pieces then clean in a mixture of vinegar and four cups water.

Pour six cups water in a pressure cooker, add four cloves crushed garlic, pimento berries and goat head and belly, and pressure for 20 minutes.

Turn off flame and allow pressure cooker to cool.

Pour mixture into a six-quart pot, add four cups water to pot and allow to boil.

Add diced yam, carrots, cho cho, Irish potatoes and green bananas.

Stir, cover, and leave to cook.

To make spinners:

Combine flour, 1/4tsp salt and 1/2 cup water in bowl and knead to make a smooth dough.

Leave dough to relax for 15 minutes.

Make small spinners from the dough then add to the pot, stir and cover.

For seasoning:

Add soup mix, thyme, crushed scallion and whole Scotch bonnet pepper, margarine, black pepper and 1tsp salt.

Stir well and leave to simmer for 15 minutes.

Turn off the flame and mix in the rum.

Source: Gracefoods.com