Best 4 Nova Scotia Boiled Dinner Recipes

TRADITIONAL BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• Place the brisket and contents of spice packet in a Dutch oven. Add the peppercorns, bay leaves and enough water to cover; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours or until meat is almost tender. , Add potatoes, carrots and onion; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add cabbage, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Discard bay leaves and peppercorns. Thinly slice meat; serve with vegetables and horseradish or mustard if desired.

JIGG'S DINNER

Steps:

• Equipment 1 large stock pot 2 pudding bags (The amounts listed above below are based on serving 5 people.) When planning to make Jigg's Dinner, the salt beef and the split peas should be soaked overnight to remove the excess salt.
• The next day, dump out the water in which the salt beef was soaking.
• Place the beef in the stock pot and put enough water in just to cover the beef.
• After an hour of soaking, test the water.
• If it is extremely salty, dump out that water and soak the beef for another hour.
• If the water is fine, fill up the pot with water and set it to boil!
• The split peas that have been soaking overnight, must be drained.
• Then, place the peas in the pudding bag (again make sure to wet it), tie it properly and drop in the boiling water.
• Both of the puddings should take close to two hours.
• Now comes the count down for the vegetables.
• The following is a guideline of cooking times for each of the vegetables: Cabbage 40 minutes (1 hour and 20 minutes into the boil).
• Turnips& Carrots 30 minutes (1 ½ hours).
• Potatoes 20 minutes (1 hour and 40 minutes).
• At the 2 hour mark everything should be cooked and it's just a matter of scooping and sorting the vegetables.
• Slice the Dark Molasses Pudding.
• Mash the pease pudding.
• Then it's time to eat.
• HINT: serve with roast of chicken, turkey or beef.
• Pickled beats, stuffing& gravy along with home made buns or bread Whatta Scoff!
• Left over veggies fry up great next day as hash.

SOUTH SHORE BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• Cover salt cod with cold water and soak over night.
• Drain and cover with fresh water.
• Bring to simmer.
• Drain, taste and repeat if cod is too salty.
• Drain well and keep warm.
• In skilet fry salt pork until crisp (these are called scrunchions) and set aside.
• Cook vegetables until tender.
• Prepare whit sauce by melting butter ,adding flour and salt and stir together until smooth.
• Gradually stir in milk.
• Cook stirring constantly until thick.
• Arrange salt cod on heated platter.
• Arrange vegetables around fish.
• Pour white sauce over fish.
• Garnish with egg slices and scrunchions.

SUNDAY BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or soup kettle, place ham, onion, carrots, potatoes, rutabagas, salt and pepper. Add water just to cover; bring to a boil. , Place cabbage on top of vegetables. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until the vegetables are tender. , Drain. Cut cabbage into wedges; remove core. Serve meat and vegetables with horseradish if desired.