Scrapple

[Beswad]

Where can you buy scrapple in the UK?

[sylvania]

Just interested. Never heard of it. What on earth is it?

[EcclesCake]

Not sure you can. Probably the closest will be white pudding, can't recall seeing it in supermarkets in the South of England but it's readily available in the North and across Scotland. I think Donald Russell used to offer it mail order.

[Beswad]

I didn't know what scrapple was until I saw an episode of Dirty Jobs on how they make scrapples. It's basically boiled pig's liver, bits of skin etc. grind down then reboiled into the broth and then spices and corn flour added. Then poured into a square mould and let it cooled and then slice it up and pan fry. No more worse than those economy sausages you buy at the supermarkets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haKDDHOesr8

http://www.youtube.co...lb9gM&feature=related

[wheaten]

I bought white pudding in Morrisons recently (west midlands/wales area), wasn't as nice as the battered, deep fried ones from Scottich chippies!

[plamuk]

Hi, all. Scrapple was brought from Europe when the Germans settled in what is known as Pensylvania Dutch country, which is actually a corruption of Deutsch (German). This is an original recipe from that area. It is easy to make but as it is pork, it is being deleted from my myriad collection of recipes collected during my voyages of discovery in cookeries around the world. So in that regard, you are fortunate as now it is gone.


Scrapple

Ingredients

900 gr/2 lbs pork shoulder or butt, 1 whole fresh pork hock, 500 ml/2 cups yellow cornmeal, 1 tsp cayenne, 1 tsp sage, 1 tbsp salt, 1 tsp white pepper, 2 tsp black pepper

Method

Cut the pork into 5 cm/2” cubes. Place the pork chunks, pork hock, sage, and cayenne into a pot and cover with water. Simmer over low-medium heat, removing scum from time to time, for 2-3 hours or until meat falls apart. Drain and reserve the stock.
Pull the meat from bone and chop all of the meat, but not too fine. Set aside.

Measure 1250 ml/5 cups of stock and return to pot. Bring it to simmer then add the meat, cornmeal, salt, and peppers, and stir constantly until thick and smooth, between 15-30 minutes.

Pour mixture into 2 loaf pans and refrigerate until completely chilled. Remove the scrapple from the loaf pans. Slice and fry the scrapple until golden brown and crisp on both sides.

Makes 12 servings.

Thanx all. 'nuf sed.

plamuk aka travellingchef

[plamuk]

Forgot to mention, it is nothing like white pudding/sausage.

Thanx all. 'nuf sed.

plamuk aka travellingchef