Jamaican Stew Peas - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 lb stewing beef
    1/2 lb pigs tail (If you'd like)
    2 scallions
    1 onion
    3 garlic cloves
    3 sprigs thyme
    1 scotch bonnet pepper
    1 (8 ounce) can red kidney beans (or two cups of red peas, soaked in water overnight)
    1/2 cup coconut milk
    1/2 teaspoon black pepper
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    5 allspice seeds or 5 pimentos
    2 cups flour
Preparation
    1. Gently fry the stew beef to seal it.
    2.Cut the meat in to small pieces.
    3.Place the peas, meat and 3 1/2 cups of water in a pot, bring to the boil then let simmer for one hour.[Please keep in mind if you're using pigtail this is the ideal time to add it also].
    4.Chop the onion, scallion and garlic.
    5.Make dough by mixing 2 cups of flour with water. Break off small pieces of dough and roll them in to \"spinners\".
    6.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.
    7. Serve this goodness with white rice and fried sweet plantains!

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