Hoffelgritz Aka To Our Surprise Cincinnati Goetta Food

CROCK POT GOETTA

Steps:

• Place water, oats, salt and pepper into the crock pot and mix well.
• Cover and cook on high for 1 hour, stirring 2 or 3 times.
• Add meats and break up well.
• Add onion, sage, thyme and bay.
• cook for 4 hours on low, stirring now and again.
• Uncover and add cornmeal-stir well.
• Cook uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Turn out into 3 loaf pans, cool and chill in fridge.
• When set turn out and freeze what you want.
• Slice and fry in a little butter or oil until brown and crusty, but dont let them touch in the pan or they will run.

GOETTA

Steps:

• In a large pot bring water to a boil and add oats, salt and pepper-reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 2 hours.
• Add meat, onion, spices and cover, cooking for 1 hour more.
• Pour into pan/s-cool and then refrigerate.
• Turn out, slice and fry until brown in a bit of butter or oil.

VENISON GOETTA

Steps:

• Combine venison, hot water and onion in a large skillet.
• Strip bay leaf from vein and finely crumble into skillet.
• Simmer until meat is no longer pink and onion is tender. Add pepper, oatmeal and salt. Stir quickly and cook for 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and season with onion powder, thyme, sage, nutmeg and crushed red pepper.
• Spoon meat mixture into loaf pan sprayed with vegetable oil spray. Let stand until firm.
• Remove from pan, cut loaf in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap.
• Freeze one and refrigerate the other.
• To use, slice meat 1/4-inch thick, coat gently with flour and pan fry in small amount of butter or vegetable oil until broned on each side. Serve with eggs and toast for breakfast.
• *you can add more crushed red pepper flakes to taste.

HOFFELGRITZ - AKA (TO OUR SURPRISE!) CINCINNATI GOETTA

Steps:

• Dice onion.
• Melt 2 ounces butter in heavy bottomed pot or dutch oven.
• Add onion & sauté on low heat until translucent. Remove onion & butter - set aside.
• Add ground round to pot and sauté until no pink or red is visible.
• Drain beef fat if more than a tablespoon or so, but leave any browned crispies in pot.
• Return onions and butter to pot with beef. Raise heat to medium-low and when sizzling nicely, add steel-cut oats and stir until all grains are nicely coated with fats and they begin to make popping sounds.
• Add water and salt all at once and bring to simmer, then turn heat to low.
• Cover and let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add dabs of butter as it thickens. Add more water if grains are not fully cooked but porridge thick. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Turn thickened porridge into aluminum foil lined bread pans and either refrigerate or freeze. If freezing, once frozen, remove from bread pans & store in the aluminum foil within freezer bags. Thaw in fridge to slice.
• Sauté slices until crisp in a dab of butter you have heated until sizzling in the pan--it's so good!