This scrapple recipe comes together with pork, cornmeal, and spices to make a ground loaf that is then sliced and pan-fried until crisp. A favorite breakfast food in the Mid-Atlantic, it’s delicious with eggs, toast, or topped with maple syrup.
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Scrapple Recipe
Description
This scrapple recipe comes together with pork, cornmeal, and spices to make a ground loaf that is then sliced and pan-fried until crisp. A favorite breakfast food in the Mid-Atlantic, it's delicious with eggs, toast, or topped with maple syrup.
Ingredients
FOR THE PIG'S HEAD
SPICE MIX
TO FINISH
Instructions
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- Set the pig's head in a large kettle and cover it with water. Bring this to a boil and skim off all the scum that floats to the surface. When this dish is done, add the carrots, onion, bay leaves, juniper, and black peppercorns. Simmer this, adding more water if the level drops below the pig's head, until the meat wants to fall off the bone, about 3 hours.
- Carefully remove the pig's head and pick off all the meat and random bits. I toss the eyes and the palate, which aren't delicious. Chop everything up very fine, and combine with the spice mix in a bowl.
- Strain your pig broth and pour about 10 cups into a large pot. Bring this to a simmer and add the cornmeal and buckwheat flour, stirring constantly so you don't get lumps. Add salt to taste. Cook this, stirring often, for about 30 minutes.
- Add the chopped pig bits in with the mush and stir well to combine. If you happen to be using the unflavored gelatin, now is when you would add it. Let the contents all cook for 10 minutes or so.
- Pour the mixture into loaf pans or a terrine pan. While not strictly necessary, it will make the scrapple easier to remove if you line the pan with plastic wrap first. Pack it in well. Let it cool to room temperature uncovered, then cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight before slicing and frying.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 16
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 129kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 5g8%
- Saturated Fat 2g10%
- Cholesterol 46mg16%
- Sodium 497mg21%
- Potassium 317mg10%
- Total Carbohydrate 6g2%
- Dietary Fiber 1g4%
- Sugars 1g
- Protein 14g29%
- Vitamin A 1951 IU
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Calcium 25 mg
- Iron 1 mg
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
