1½lbs.ground pork or mildly seasoned bulk pork sausage
5cupswaterdivided
1tsp.salt
½tsp.sage
1cupcornmeal
Instructies
Break up ground pork into small pieces in a large saucepan.
Add 4 cups of water and stir, separating the pork well.
Heat to boiling, reduce to simmer, and cook 30 minutes.
Remove meat from stock, reserving 3 cups of the stock.
Add the salt and sage to the reserved stock.
Combine the cornmeal with 1 cup cold water (or use half water, half milk, which will make the scrapple brown better when fried).
Add this cornmeal/water mixture gradually to the hot stock, stirring while adding; bring to a boil, reduce to simmer, cover, and cook 20 minutes.
(If the heat is turned up too high the cornmeal will stick to the bottom of the pot and burn, so be watchful. )
Stir in cooked ground pork.
Pour into a loaf pan (the kind you would use to bake bread, for instance) and chill well for 24 hours.
Slice ¼ – ½ inch thick.
Fry slices in hot oil quickly, turning only once.
Make sure there’s plenty of room in the pan to turn each slice.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Serve plain, with syrup, or with Tomato GravyI usually use more sage because I love the taste. I use a heavy-bottomed pot for simmering the cornmeal so it doesn’t stick as easily. And I use a good amount of oil for frying so the slices get good and crisp. This is the birthday breakfast of choice at our house!
In a small bowl, stir together the flour and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs thoroughly.
Alternately add the flour mixture and milk to the eggs, beating after well each addition—the batter should be smooth.
Spread the softened butter on the bottom and up the sides of a cast iron pot or large ovenproof frying pan.
Pour the egg batter into the pot (or frying pan) and set in the oven; bake for 5 minutes and then turn down heat to 350° for another 15-20 minutes or until the pancake is puffed up the sides of the pan and crisp and golden on top.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Serve plain, or with powdered sugar or maple syrup.
Gather the kids around when you take it from the oven because the puffed “baby” is something to behold.