Newfoundland Jiggs Dinner Recipes

JIGG'S DINNER

Steps:

• Equipment 1 large stock pot 2 pudding bags (The amounts listed above below are based on serving 5 people.) When planning to make Jigg's Dinner, the salt beef and the split peas should be soaked overnight to remove the excess salt.
• The next day, dump out the water in which the salt beef was soaking.
• Place the beef in the stock pot and put enough water in just to cover the beef.
• After an hour of soaking, test the water.
• If it is extremely salty, dump out that water and soak the beef for another hour.
• If the water is fine, fill up the pot with water and set it to boil!
• The split peas that have been soaking overnight, must be drained.
• Then, place the peas in the pudding bag (again make sure to wet it), tie it properly and drop in the boiling water.
• Both of the puddings should take close to two hours.
• Now comes the count down for the vegetables.
• The following is a guideline of cooking times for each of the vegetables: Cabbage 40 minutes (1 hour and 20 minutes into the boil).
• Turnips& Carrots 30 minutes (1 ½ hours).
• Potatoes 20 minutes (1 hour and 40 minutes).
• At the 2 hour mark everything should be cooked and it's just a matter of scooping and sorting the vegetables.
• Slice the Dark Molasses Pudding.
• Mash the pease pudding.
• Then it's time to eat.
• HINT: serve with roast of chicken, turkey or beef.
• Pickled beats, stuffing& gravy along with home made buns or bread Whatta Scoff!
• Left over veggies fry up great next day as hash.

JIGG'S DINNER

Steps:

• Soak salt beef overnight in cold water on stove.
• Next day drain and add new water, enough to cover meat.
• Place salt pork in pot.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer about 2- 2 1/2 hours.
• Add your cabbage, carrots, turnip.
• Simmer another 1/2 hour.
• Add potatoes and simmer until done, about 45 minutes.
• Blueberry Duff: Once you have mix ingredients and placed in pudding bag, boil in jigg's dinner pot when you only have an hour left of simmering.
• About 15 minutes before you have added your potatoes.