Stew Peas

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Stew Peas recipe

Ingredients

 1/2 pound of salf beef
 1/2 pound stew beef
 1/2 pound pigs tail
 2 scallion
 1 onion
 3 cloves of garlic
 3 sprigs of thyme
 1 scotch bonnet pepper
 1 tin of red peas (or two cups of red peas, soaked in water overnight
 1 tin of coconut milk
 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
 1/2 teaspoon of salt
 5 pimento seeds
 2 cups of flour

Cooking

 Boil salt beef and pigs tail for 30 minutes then drain off the salty water










 Boil salt beef and pigs tail again for 30 minutes then drain off the salty water again










 Gently fry the stew beef to seal it










 Cut the meat in to small pieces










 Place the peas, meat and three cups of water in a pot, bring to the boil then let simmer for one hour










 Chop the onion, scallion and garlic










 Make dough by mixing 2 cups of flour with water. Break off small pieces of dough and roll them in to "spinners"










 After the peas and meat have simmered for 1 hour add the tin of coconut milk, onion, scallion, spinners, garlic, thyme, salt, black pepper, pimento and scotch bonnet (the scotch bonnet should NOT be cut up).
Cook for 1 hour then remove the scotch bonnet pepper

Serving

 Serve with white rice.


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