- Yield: 1
- Prep Time: Soak peas and beef overnight minutes
- Cook Time: 2h 30 minutes
- Serving: For Family
Peas Soup & Doughboys- Traditional Newfoundland
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If you are looking for a tasty homemade PEAS SOUP recipe you are in the right place, so take a few minutes to watch our short video tutorial and print our recipe posted below.
I also like making it this way by starting from scratch and building the flavours in with fresh vegetables and herbs. Also the broth from your Jiggs dinner. This delicious pot of peas soup and doughboys are my family's favourite soup, we look forward to left over peas pudding from our Jiggs dinner and turning it into soup the next day.
No matter how you make it you will love the end result and I'm sure it will be your favourite soup as well.
I can say so much about this delicious peas soup, the creamy texture and homemade doughboys makes this soup two thumbs up. You can make it from scratch or from your leftover peas pudding from your jiggs dinner, I will share with you that like to have available for you to see.
Traditional Newfoundland Jiggs Dinner
I will share with you a couple more soups you may like to try.
Traditional Newfoundland Turkey Soup
I will also share my Homemade White Bread recipe and video with you.
Traditional Newfoundland Homemade White Bread
Please continue on to our recipe and if you like print out a copy for your files. You can also bottle the soup for another meal. refrigerate only!
Ingredients
- Split yellow peas - 2 cups
- Onion - 1 medium chopped
- Celery - 1 cup, diced
- Potatoes - 1 cup, diced
- Turnip/rutabaga - ½ cup
- Carrots - 3 diced
- Salt beef or pork - 1 cup
- Smoked Picnic Ham - 1 cup
- Broth or water - 6 cups
- Black pepper - ½ tsp
- Butter - 1 tbsp
- Fresh herbs - Pinch
- Doughboys:
- Flour - 1½ cups
- Butter - ¼ cup
- Baking powder - 3 tsp
- Salt - ½ tsp
- Water or milk - 1 cup
Instructions
Method:
1 -Soak in cold water salt beef or salt spareribs in a bowl and yellow split peas in another bowl of water overnight.
2 - Start the cooking on your salt beef in a pot of hot water for about 30 minutes then drain off and cut in small pieces.
3 -Drain off water from your peas, then in a large boiler, add six cups of broth and salt beef also pieces of ham start boiling on a medium heat with lid half opened, for one hour stirring occasionally.
4 - After cooking for one hour add all your vegetables and black pepper, butter continue boiling on a medium to low heat stirring occasionally for another hour. Add more broth or water to make soup thiner.
5 - When peas soup have almost cooked start adding your dough for your doughboys, take scoops of dough with a tbsp and drop in the soup cook for about five minutes covered.
6 - Start plating peas soup and top with more salt and pepper or and fresh herbs.
Doughboys recipe:
1 ½ cups flour ¼ cup butter
3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt
1 cup cold water or milk
Doughboys method:
-Cut butter into small pieces then add to flour, baking powder and salt. Add water or milk to make a soft dough. Drop a teaspoonful into soup, cover pot tightly and cook for 5 minutes.
Bonita’s Tips:
Peas cooked in a cotton bag with your boiled Jiggs dinner also can be used for your peas soup, just add vegetables and broth, boil for about half hour then add doughboys cook for another five minutes.
Allergens
This recipe for Peas Soup and Doughboys is featured in my cookbook. Traditional Newfoundland Cooking and Recipes.
A bowl of soup is good anytime of the year, but making it in the fall of the year when it’s flu season is always the best time to stock up and making lots to bottle for a later date to enjoy. I make soup at less once a week and I give away many bottles of soup as gifts, or because I make so much. I will share a few more good soup recipes for you to share with your family and friends and for sure to make them.
Traditional Newfoundland Potato Soup with Sausages
Traditional Newfoundland Bean Soup with Ham
I hope I’ve convinced you to pull out that big boiler and start your delicious pot of homemade soup, it doesn’t matter what type of soup just build on those flavours and add in all of your favourite ingredients. Remember taking the time out for making your own food is one of the biggest rewards you can ever have done for yourself, so roll up your sleeves and enjoy your kitchen and maybe your kids and spouse can join you in making a meal you will all remember.
Thank you for visiting our website and reading my blog, its because of you I love my job sharing with you my love of cooking and some of my favourite recipes to enjoy. So from our kitchen to yours have a lovely day. Bonita, RMHussey Productions and Team!
This was very good! I had never heard of doughboy soup until I saw a photo of it on Instagram so I had to Google it. I found your recipe and it was so tasty. I will definitely be making this again. Thank you
Hi Jodi: Thank you for your message and for visiting my website, I’m glad you found our channel and you tried my soup. I have one 135 videos and recipes posted on this website and many more to come. Have a lovely day! Bonita
Hi Bonita, loved your recipe for the pea soup. Your directions are very easy to follow and the soup and doughboys were delicious.
My father was the best cook in our house,he was from the bay. He would make steak or pork chops with gravy and onions with a paste on it in a cast iron pan in the oven. It would end up all browned up and about 1-2″ thick. I know you make one like a pie crust , any ideas on making it thick ? Thanks
Hi Rick: Thank you for your message and I love those pasties that go thick and fluffy. I’m going to add your request to my line up and the pastry that your dad used was the same as the one we use for our blueberry cobbler. Just type in that on this link and have a look at that video for the pastry. Let me know what you think and when we make your recipe request, you will get a notification letting you know. Thanks Bonita
Hi Rick: This is the link for the blueberry cobbler recipe, if you make it leave out the vanilla in the pastry if you are putting it over your pork chop, onions and gravy meal. Enjoy Bonita https://youtu.be/Gbyd0WB4vZ4
I would definitely recommend this recipe and give it the full 5 ⭐️’S.
Hi Rick: Thank you for your message and for visiting my website, I’m so glad you love this recipe and will recommend to your family and friends. 🙂 Bonita
Really good recipe! I had to make a stock from the pickled pork I had on hand plus I added a chicken bouillon cube, Other wise followed the recipe and it was delicious. Thanks Bonita for sharing 🙂
Hi and thank you so much for your message and for visiting my website, I’m so glad you made it your own by adding different flavours. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 🙂 Bonita
Love your website and all your recipes.
Thank you we so appreciate you letting us know and thank you for stopping by…Enjoy Bonita