Goetta Meat Grits Recipes

THE SARGE'S GOETTA - GERMAN BREAKFAST TREAT

Steps:

• Bring water, salt, and pepper to boil in a slow cooker set to High. Stir in steel cut oats, cover, and cook 90 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix beef, pork, and onions. Stir into the oat mixture, and reduce heat to Low. Cover, and continue cooking 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Transfer the mixture to a medium baking pan, and cool until semi-solid. Turn out onto wax paper, and chill 1 hour in the refrigerator, or until firm.
• Heat oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium high heat. Cut the refrigerated mixture into thin slices. Cook slices one at a time in the heated oil until evenly brown.

SLOW-COOKER GOETTA

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine water, oats and seasonings. Cook, covered, on high 2 hours. Remove bay leaves., In a large skillet, cook sausage and onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, 8-10 minutes, breaking up sausage into crumbles. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. Stir sausage mixture and reserved drippings into oats. Cook, covered, on low 2 hours., Transfer mixture to 2 waxed paper-lined 9x5-in. loaf pans. Refrigerate, covered, overnight., To serve, slice each loaf into 16 slices. In a large skillet, cook goetta, in batches, over medium heat until lightly browned and heated through, 3-4 minutes on each side. Freeze option: After shaping the goetta in loaf pans, cool and freeze, covered, until firm. Transfer goetta to freezer containers or wrap securely in foil; return to freezer. Partially thaw in refrigerator overnight; slice and cook as directed.

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.

GOETTA (MEAT GRITS)

Steps:

• Cut meat into big pieces and put in pot with water, onions, bay, celery, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and lower to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, and stirring occasionally, for 2 hours. Meat should be real tender and fall of bone. Strain and chop meat finely. Set meat and veggies aside. pour liquid back into pan and add steel cut oats. bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, stirring often, for antoerh 2 hours. Mixture will be thick. Add meat, veggies, and seasonings. Simmer another 1 to 2 hours. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary. Line 3 to 4 pans with aluminum foil nad spray each one. Pour goetta into pans, packing down firmly. Let cool to room temp, and then refrigerate. For a creamy, softer goetta, cover pans. Uncovered, you get a crisper crust. To serve, fry in a skillet