How To Make Home Made PA Dutch Scrapple (Pon Haus)
Check periodically to see what kind of progress you have. This can take anywhere from 2-7 hours. It just depends on how much meat is on the bones, how many there are, and how big they are. Once the meat is cooked off, you're ready to start working. Remove the kettle from the heat, or the heat from the kettle; whichever is easier. Drain the meat from the broth.
Do not get rid of the broth! Start searching through it, by hand, for small bones and unwanted meat. Place good meat into a clean bucket. Once all of the meat is gone through, you need to fine grind it in the meat grinder, adding the pork trimmings with the meat as you grind.
You should now see a light brown mixture with white specks. Once the meat is fine ground, place it back into the broth. Now it's time to add your ingredients. We don't have a set amount of what we add because we add a little, then taste, to see if we like it.
Start by adding 3 cups each of the buckwheat flour and the cornmeal. Use that only as a starting point. If it's not thick enough, add more equally. Then add black pepper, coriander, and salt. We like it with lots of coriander, so we use a lot of that. We start with 5 Tbsp.
5 handfuls of coriander, and go from there. That would be a good starting point. Be sure to taste test as you are adding. When the mixture is how you like it, turn the heat back on and start mixing. This is a long process. You know when you're done when the scrapple starts boiling. When you get big popping bubbles coming up, turn off the heat and start spooning the scrapple into the pans. We make anywhere from 25-40 pans.
Again, it all depends. Be sure to cool the scrapple and let it firm before frying it up. It is best served fried hard with molasses. This seems like a lot of work, but we know exactly how it's made and plus, we're making it the same way our ancestors did.
We get a feel for what they did to make this delicious meal. Want more deer recipes or tips on hunting, Pasta RecipesHow To Make The Best Italian Meatballs - Fast And Easy! Sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account. 0 of 8192 characters usedPost CommentNo HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites. Pon-Haus is NOT Scrapple. Scrapple's main ingredient is flour. Pon-Haus's main ingredient is corn meal. Huge difference to the gluten intolerant.
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