Balkenbrij Dutch Scrapple Recipes

Steps:

• Cover meat and liver with water and cook until tender, about an hour.
• Season to taste.
• When broth has reduced by half, chop meat finely and return to liquid.
• Stir in enough buckwheat flour to make a stiff batter; cook until thickened.
• Lightly grease a loaf pan; fill with batter.
• Refrigerate.
• To use, slice and fry in butter or bacon grease until golden brown.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except corn meal in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil; lower heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Gradually stir in cornmeal, stirring constantly and cook until thickened.
• Rinse a loaf pan (5in x 9in) with cold water; pour in scrapple and chill completely.
• Cut into slices about 1/2 inch thick.
• Dust with flour and fry in oil until lightly browned.
• (Browning these slices until crusty around the edges takes several minutes on each side.) Serve with syrup, applesauce, or butter and salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Pour 2 cups of water in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
• Cut sausage into pieces and add to boiling water mixing throughly (a potato masher works well). Once sausage is done take pan off heat and add red pepper flakes and sage.
• Add cornmeal and mix throughly and pour into loaf pan.
• Refrigerate until completely cooled.
• Slice and fry in frying pan with cooking spray.

Steps:

• Trim and cook liver in separate kettle, keep broth.
• Remove veins.
• Trim fat and veins from heart, cook, keep broth.
• Trim fat from roast and cook, keep broth.
• When all meats are cooked, put through food grinder using coarse cutter.
• Put all ground meat and broth in 8 quart kettle. Add salt and pepper.
• Bring to boiling, adding buckwheat flour a little at a time to mix well.
• Mixture will become very thick.
• Spoon and press into 4 to 5 loaf pans.
• Refrigerate or freeze. To serve, slice and brown on both sides, with a slice of cheese if desired, or with syrup.

Steps:

• Crumble pork sausage in a frying pan; add 4 cups water and heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat, cook for 20 minutes.
• Then drain meat, reserving 3 cups stock.
• Add salt and sage to stock, bring to boiling.
• Combine cornmeal and 1 cup of cold water.
• Gradually add stock, stirring constantly.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Then add sausage, stir it all together and pour into loaf pan.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Next morning slice and fry until set.
• NOTE: Cooking time does not inclue refregerating over night.