HOW TO MAKE CALENBERGER PFANNENSCHLAG (KNIPP RECIPE)

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This dish is another smoked food. It is a kind of sausage similar to Pinkel originated in Bremen, in Germany. Calenberger Pfannenschlag is a kind of Knipp made of oat groats, and mixture of pork meats. Some Germans call this dish as Hackgrutze and also called as poor man's food. This Knipp is cooked as roasted and consumed with plain bread or boiled potatoes. I am not a German so i think there is more about it that i don't know of. I have seen many kind of this dish and tried many recipes but what I am  going to share with you is just a simple one. You can adjust some of the ingredients so suit your taste preference. Here is how to make it:




HOW TO MAKE CALENBERGER PFANNENSCHLAG (KNIPP RECIPE)

Ingredients
2 cups steel-cut oatmeal
8 ounce pork rind
14 ounce pork maskara (cheek)
8 ounce pork belly
4 pints meat stock
1 tablespoon marjoram (rubbed)
5 pieces all-spice berries
2 bay leaves
2 cloves
2 medium size onions (chopped)
cooking oil

Preparation and Procedure
1. Soak up oatmeal for 10-12 hours
2. In a pot, pour in stock and meats. Bring to a boil.
3. Add marjoram, all-spice, bay leaves and cloves.
4. Remove the meats.
5. Grind all the meats.
6. In the pot of stock, combine meats, onion and oatmeal.
7. Bring to a boil for an hour.
8. Using a plastic wrapper, put mixture on the wrapper and form a log.
9. Press both ends of the plastic wrapper to compress the meat and form a solid log. Tie both ends with string and put in a fridge.

HOW TO MAKE CALENBERGER PFANNENSCHLAG (KNIPP RECIPE)