Cape Malay recipe for split pea and dumpling soup

Split Pea and Dumpling Soup
Most people associate split pea soup with pork or ham. But if you want to try an authentic South African Cape Malay recipe for split pea soup, you will make it with beef and mutton instead. This particular South African Cape Malay recipe uses considerably more beef than mutton, but you could vary the ingredients if you wish. This South African Cape Malay recipe for split pea soup may be served as a starter to a Cape Malay meal, or you could serve it as a lunch or supper dish with fresh bread or rolls.

Ingredients
500 g stewing beef in chunks
2 large mutton chops
1 large onion, chopped
8 cups boiling water
500 g dried split peas, soaked in boiling water also see, Digital Collage and left overnight
10 ml coarse salt
1 tomato, why not visit, Ceramic Painting blanched, peeled and pulped
3 young carrots
2 large potatoes, peeled and halved
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3 whole cloves
4 dried allspice berries
1 star anise
5 ml white try, Beekeeping or Apiculture sugar
125 ml chopped parsley
125 ml chopped celery

FOR THE DUMPLINGS:
250 ml self-raising flour
10 ml butter, melted
a pinch of freshly ground nutmeg

Method
Remember to soak the dried peas in boiling water , Shape Collage the night before you plan checkout, Berry Construction to make this delicious split pea and dumpling soup.

More than an hour before you want to eat, "scorch" the onion and the meat in a deep pot also see, How to make a Quilt on medium heat. also see, Crimean War Reenactments Pour the eight cups of boiling water , Collectible Art onto the meat and scrape up any onion or meat that has stuck to the pot. try, RC Engines Add all the remaining ingredients except for the parsley and celery, and the ingredients for the dumplings. Cook for about 50 minutes.

Remove the carrots and potatoes, mash them and return to the pot. , Pewter Collectibles Stir to mix the mash in thoroughly. Reduce the heat also see, Doll House Furniture to low and add the parsley and celery.

Make thick dough by mixing the flour, butter and nutmeg together with a little bit of liquid from the soup mixture. Drop spoonfuls of dough into the soup to make dumplings. Allow to cook for a further 10 minutes before removing from the stove and serving in individual soup bowls.

You should be able to feed about six people with this delicious South African Cape Malay recipe.