Eastern Maryland Pork Scrapple
- 5 pounds pork trimmings
- 1 pork tongue fresh
- 1 pork heart fresh
- 1 pork liver fresh
- 1 whole pork hock and foot
- 4 yellow onions medium, peeled and chopped
- 2 cups yellow cornmeal flour
- 2 cups yellow cornmeal coarse ground
- 2/3 cup buckwheat flour
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons rubbed sage or 12 fresh sage leaves
- 3 tablespoons salt
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 3 tablespoons black pepper ground
- 1. Cut pork trimmings, tongue, heart and liver into 2-inch chunks
- 2. Place the pork chunks, hock and foot, sage and cayenne in a stockpot and cover with water
- 3. Simmer for about 2 to 3 hours or until meat falls apart
- 4. Drain, cool and reserve broth
- 5. When the meat is cool, pull all of the meat from the hock and foot and add it to the cooked pork chunks
- 6. Run all of the meat and the onions once through a meat grinder fitted with a medium die
- 7. Measure out 3-4 quarts of broth and return to pot and bring to a simmer
- 8. Add the ground meat, cornmeal flour, cornmeal, buckwheat flour, salt, white and black pepper Stir constantly until thick and smooth, about 20 to 30 minutes
- 9. Run mixture through the meat grinder again, pouring the mixture into loaf pans and refrigerate until completely chilled and set. Un-mold the scrapple.
- 10. Slice and fry on medium low heat until golden brown and crisp on both sides
- 11. Makes about four 2 lb. loaves
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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Eastern-Maryland-Pork-Scrapple-2255206 (may not work)