Newfoundland Style Pea Soup With Doughboys (dumplings)

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups split peas
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1 cup potato, diced
• 1/2 turnip, diced
• 3 carrots, diced
• 1 lb salt meat or 1 lb spareribs or 1 lb ham bone
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2-3/4 cup water or 1/2-3/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 for the soup:.
• 2 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.
• 3 make doughboys as follows:.
• 4 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.