ACKEE AND POTATO SOUP WITH CRAB SALAD

Ackee and Potato Soup with Crab Salad image

Provided by Food Network

Time 1h20m

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 20

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2 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 leeks, white parts only about 4 inches each, sliced
1 small onion, chopped
1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
Bouquet garni (2 thyme sprigs, 1 bay leaf and several parsley stems)
8 cups chicken stock
1 (15-ounce can) ackee, drained and rinsed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Crab Salad, recipe follows
1-pound lump crab meat, picked
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon Cheryl's Hot Sauce, recipe follows
1 sprig fresh thyme, picked and chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
10 whole Scotch bonnet peppers, rinsed and stems removed
1 to 1 1/2 cups white vinegar
10 whole pimento seeds

Steps:

In a medium size stockpot on medium heat, add oil then butter and sweat leeks and onions until translucent. Then add potatoes and bouquet garni. Stirring the ingredients until you smell the herbs. Now add chicken stock and bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer when potatoes are very tender, about 35 to 40 minutes. Add ackee and simmer for a few minutes more, then remove bouquet garni. Puree soup and season with salt and pepper.
In the center of a shallow soup bowl, mound a small portion of the Crab Salad. Gently ladle about 6 to 8 ounces of the soup around the crab mound.
Mix all the ingredients in bowl.
To a blender, add peppers and 1 cup of vinegar and puree. Add remaining vinegar, if needed. Stir in pimento seeds. Store in a bottle or jar in refrigerator.