Newfoundland Style Pea Soup With Doughboys (Dumplings)

Name: Newfoundland Style Pea Soup With Doughboys (Dumplings)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 473.18 ml split peas; 1 onion, chopped; 236.59 ml celery, diced; 236.59 ml potato, diced; 1 turnip, diced; 3 carrots, diced; 453.59 g spareribs or 453.59 g ham bone; 354.88 ml flour; 59.14 ml butter; 14.78 ml baking powder; 4.92 ml salt; 118.29-177.44 ml water or 118.29-177.44 ml milk

Submitted by Kerri Lake

"This recipe comes from an old cookbook called Native Cookery and Edible Wild Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador . Its old fashioned good, traditional style pea soup from Newfoundland."

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Ready In:: 4hrs 30mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 4

ingredients

For the soup
473.18 ml split peas
1 onion, chopped
236.59 ml celery, diced
236.59 ml potato, diced
1 turnip, diced
3 carrots, diced
453.59 453.59 g spareribs or 453.59 g ham bone
For the doughboys
354.88 ml flour
59.14 ml butter
14.78 ml baking powder
4.92 ml salt
118.29-177.44 ml water or 118.29-177.44 ml milk

directions

For the soup:.
Soak salt meat or sparerib and peas overnight. Drain off water. Add 6 cups of water and onion and simmer gently for 3 hours. About 20 minutes before serving, add vegetables.
Make doughboys as follows:.
Cut butter into small pieces into small pieces in the flour, baking powder and salt. Add water or milk to make a soft dough. Drop by teaspoonfuls into soup. Cover pot tightly and cook for 15 minutes.

Questions & Replies

First of all sorry to the poster who is obviously not a Newfie. Totally lost on using spare ribs for Newfoundland pea soup. In Newfoundland we use Navel Salt Beef cut into 1/2" cubes and if need more meat add cubed ham. other than that the recipe is great.

lablue20
I've been gently boiling for 3+ hours now, yet the peas are still hard? I soaked the peas overnight.. any ideas on how to cook the pease?

M T.8977