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Maori Boil Up
Traditional New Zealand dish with pork or bacon bones, root vegetables and greens, topped with fluffy doughboys.
Recipe from edmondscooking ↗105 min
Prep
95 min
Cook
5
Serves
Ingredients
Other
salt1 tbsp
meaty pork or bacon bones2 kg
medium potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks2 pieces
medium kumara, peeled and cut into chunks2 pieces
kamokamo or medium carrots1 pieces
small cabbage or watercress, chopped0.5 pieces
Edmonds Self-Raising Flour1.5 cups
Edmonds High Grade Flour1 cups
salt1 tsp
Method
01
Bring 2 litres of water to the boil in a large pot. Add the salt (no salt if using bacon bones).
02
Add the bones, cover and simmer for 1½ hours. Top up with water if it gets too low.
03
For the doughboys, mix the flours and salt with 1 cup warm water to form a soft dough. Divide and mould into 8 balls. Cover until needed.
04
Add the root vegetables to the pot and continue cooking gently for 5 minutes.
05
Add the greens and doughboys to the pot.
06
Boil gently with the lid on for 8–10 minutes, until the doughboys are big and fluffy. Serve and enjoy!