Scrapple

Name: Scrapple
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps freshly ground black pepper; 946 milliliters roasted cornmeal; 1 pork heart; 907 grams pork liver; 454 grams meaty pork ribs or bones; 3 Tbsps salt

Scrapple might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 87g of protein, 32g of fat, and a total of 1151 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet. Head to the store and pick up salt, roasted cornmeal, pork heart, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the pork you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Buckle as a dessert.

Instructions

Trim the fat from around the top of the heart and remove the sinews.

Cut the heart into 4 pieces and put it in a heavy stewing kettle with the meaty bones and liver.

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Liver

Add 3 quarts of water, cover and simmer gently for 3 hours until the meat falls from the bones.

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Water

Meat

Strain the broth into a clean pot. Discard the bones and put the meat through a coarse grinder. Grind the heart and liver as fine as possible and combine the 2 meat mixtures.

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Broth

Liver

Meat

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Pot

Bring the broth to a simmer.

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Broth

Combine the cornmeal and the seasonings and gradually add to the boiling broth, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium and add the meat mixture. Stir until everything is well mixed. Cook slowly for 30 minutes, stirring almost constantly so it does not stick to the bottom, as it will be quite thick.

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Seasoning

Cornmeal

Broth

Meat

After 30 minutes it is ready to pour. Rinse 9 small breadpans with cold water or grease them and pour the scrapple to the top of the pans. Set the pans to cool and when cool refrigerate until the next day.

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Scrapple

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When ready to eat, unmold the scrapple onto a cutting board and cut into 1/4-inch thick slices. Melt fat in a skillet and fry the slices until brown and crusty on both sides.

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Scrapple

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