Delicious Eastern Shore Peas and Dumplings
This Peas and Dumplings recipe is a comforting, flavorful dish with tender dumplings and sweet peas simmered in a rich broth. You’ll love how easy it is to make and how it brings a taste of tradition to your table. Pair it with crusty bread or a fresh green salad for a simple, satisfying meal.
Ingredients
- 3 cups fresh shelled green peas (3 pounds whole) or 2 10-oz pkgs frozen peas
- 4 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup cut into pieces (half a stick, 4 tablespoons)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup broth from cooking the peas
Instructions
- 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 the 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 for 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 a bowl, with spoons for the broth.
Notes
You can substitute making the dumplings from scratch by using Anne's Flat Dumplings, Old Fashioned. You can find them in your grocer's freezer section.