Pea Soup With Butter Dumplings Recipes

GRANDMA'S PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Cover peas with water and soak overnight. Drain, rinse and place in a Dutch oven. , Add ham bone, water and remaining soup ingredients except sausage and dumplings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 2 to 2-1/2 hours. , Remove ham bone and skim fat. Remove meat from bone; dice. Add ham and, if desired, sausage to pan. , For dumplings, place flour in a small bowl. Make a depression in the center of the flour; add egg and water and stir until smooth. , Place a colander with 3/16-in.-diameter holes over simmering soup; transfer dough to the colander and press through with a wooden spoon. Cook, uncovered, 10-15 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Freeze Option: Prepare soup without dumplings and freeze in serving-size portions to enjoy for months to come.

NEWFOUNDLAND STYLE PEA SOUP WITH DOUGHBOYS (DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• 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.

EASTERN SHORE PEAS AND DUMPLINGS RECIPE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine the peas, water, salt, and butter, and stir well. Bring to a lively boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes, until the peas are tender. Remove from heat and scoop out 1/3 cup of broth from the pot.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour with the broth and stir well. You will have a raggedy bowlful of dough. Using your hands, press and push and scoop it into a lump and then knead it a few dozen times, until you have a fairly smooth, springy dough. stir broth into flour to make dough.. raggedy, knead it a little bit. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out into a thin round. Cut it into long slender strips, and then cut each strip into lengths, about 1-inch wide and 2 inches long, or smaller.
• To cook, the pot of peas to the heat and bring to a rolling boil once again. Drop in the dough pieces, one by one, until all these dumplings have been added. Stir as you go to mix everything in well. Add water if needed, and simmer about 10 minutes more. When dumplings are tender and chewy like good pasta, and peas are sweet and tender, taste for salt and adjust if need be. Serve hot in bowl, with spoons for the broth.

PEA SOUP WITH BUTTER DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Cook the peas in the water and sugar until they are quite soft, about 1/2 hour. Then blend it with stick blender for a few moments to puree. Season this puree with salt and pepper and stir in the wine. Melt the butter in a skillet and stir in the flour. Let the roux cook over a very low flame for a few minutes, stirring constantly. Then stir in a cup or two of the soup and whisk until smooth. Return the thickened soup to the rest and blend well.
• Dumplings: To make the batter, soften the butter as much as possible, short of melting it. Beat the eggs with the flour and beat in the butter. Season with salt and nutmeg. Drop the batter into gently boiling soup by half-teaspoons. When the dumplings have risen to the top, they will need 5 more minutes before they are done.

PEA SOUP WITH BUTTER DUMPLINGS (FROM THE VEGETARIAN EPICURE)

Steps:

• Soup: Cook the peas in the water and sugar until they are quite soft, about 1/2 hour. Then press the soup through a sieve or put it in the blender for a few moments. Season this thin puree with salt and pepper and stir in the wine. Melt the butter in the skillet and stir in the flour. Le the roux cook over a very low flame for a few minutes, stirring constantly. Then stir in a cup or two of the soup and whisk until smooth. Return the thickened soup to the rest and blend well. Dumplings: To make the batter, soften the butter as much as possible, short of melting it. Beat the eggs with the flour and beat in the butter. Season with salt and nutmeg. Drop the batter into gently boiling soup by half-teaspoons. When the dumplings have risen to the top, they need 5 more minutes before they are done.

GREEN PEAS AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Shell and wash peas; drain.
• Combine water, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Add peas and simmer 5 minutes.
• Melt butter in a heavy sauce pan over low heat. Add the flour and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk; cook over medium heat stirring constantly until thick and bubbly. Stir the sauce into the peas.
• Top with biscuits and sprinkle lightly with onion salt. Cover and cook 15 minutes or until the biscuits are done.