Traditional comfort food from the Canadian East Coast. This one pot meal is easy to make and easy to love.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time4 hourshrs
Course: Savory
Cuisine: Canadian, Newfoundland, Quebec
Servings: 8people
Equipment
Large stock pot
Ingredients
5poundssalt beef
6carrots
1medium cabbagecut in 8
1medium turnippeeled, halved and sliced
10medium yellow potatoespeeled
½cupbutter
Dumplings
2cupsunbleached all purpose flourspooned and leveled
1 ½tablespoonsbaking powder
½teaspoonsalt
1tablespooncanola oil
¾cupcold water
Instructions
Place beef in large stock pot. Cover beef with water, Boil for 30 minutes. Drain water from pot. Cover beef again with cold water, return to heat and bring back to a boil. When it starts to boil, lower the heat and simmer for 2 hours.
Next add cabbage, turnip and carrots and continue to cook for 1 hour.
Then add the butter and potatoes and cook for another 25 minutes.
Dumplings
While the potatoes are boiling, prepare the dumplings. In a medium bowl whisk the flour, salt and baking powder.
Next add the oil to the dry ingredients and stir together with a fork.
Add water a little at a time until you get the consistency of a soft dough.
Using about ¼ cup of dough form dough into balls,
Lightly roll dough balls in flour.
Place dumplings immediately into simmering pot and cover. Let boil for 20 minutes. Do not remove cover during this process.
Serving
Remove meat, vegetables and dumplings and place on serving platter. Discard liquid.
Serve with molasses, pickled beets and mustard pickles if desired.