Wash the meat. Clean, peel and wash soup greens. Cut into pieces. Peel and halve the onion and fry it in a large pot without fat for about 5 minutes on the cut surface until dark. Add 1 1/2 litre water, bay leaf, cloves, some salt and peppercorns to the pot, bring to the boil. Add soup vegetables and meat. Simmer over medium heat for about 2 hours. In the meantime, skim off any froth with a skimmer
For the polenta dumplings melt the fat in a pot. Fry the polenta briefly in it. Add 125 ml water and simmer for about 5 minutes at low heat while stirring. Remove from the stove. Stir in cream cheese and egg yolk. Season to taste with salt and pepper
Boil up plenty of salted water. Take 2 teaspoons of the mixture, cut off about 20 dumplings and let them slide into the water. Let it simmer for 3-5 minutes in the boiling water. Lift out with a skimmer and let it drain
Wash, clean and chop the sugar snap peas. Take the meat out of the stock and let it cool down a little. Pour stock through a fine sieve. Measure out 1 litre, use the rest for other purposes. Heat the stock again, season with salt and sugar. Add mangetout to the hot stock and cook for 4-6 minutes. Cut meat into small cubes. Add meat and dumplings to the stock, heat up briefly. Garnish with chervil