SOUSE - HEADCHEESE

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An heirloom, butchering-time recipe impractical for most modern cooks. From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947. Posting it as a historical novelty. Cooking time is approximate.

Provided by Molly53

Categories     Pork

Time 3h

Yield 4 1/2 pounds

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 pig head
6 pig's feet, and hocks (3 pair)
3 onions, peeled and sliced
salt and pepper
3 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
1 mace blade
3/4 cup vinegar

Steps:

  • Clean the pig's head thoroughly, removing tongue; split head open.
  • Clean feet and hocks; place with the head in a large kettle.
  • Cover with water, bring to a boil and cook until tender enough to remove bones easily
  • Lift out meat and cool.
  • Add onions and seasonings to broth; reduce by half.
  • Strain and cool.
  • Remove meat from bones and cut it into pieces.
  • Skim fat from cooled broth; place in a kettle with meat and vinegar; bring to a boil.
  • Turn into a mold or loaf pans and add as much of the liquid as it will hold.
  • Place in refrigerator.
  • When cold, this will set up firmly and may be cut into pieces for salads, sandwich meat or to fry.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 680.6, Fat 39.1, SaturatedFat 11.2, Cholesterol 222.9, Sodium 355.2, Carbohydrate 18.7, Fiber 5.5, Sugar 3.1, Protein 60.8

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