Head Cheese
From grumpster 16 years ago
- 3 minutes to make
- Serves 10
Head cheese made the old way, great flavor. Add spices to suit your taste
Ingredients
- 1 pigs head - eyes, brain, jaw removed by butcher if desired shopping list
- garlic cloves to taste shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste shopping list
- others spices if you desire shopping list
- 1 large pot shopping list
- water shopping list
How to make it
- Place the pigs head in a large pot and cover with water.
- Add Spices
- Boil until the meat and flesh falls off the bone.
- Remove the bones and grind the meat , medium grind
- Replace the meat and boil until thick, the natural fats and gelletin will thicken the mixture.
- Pour into shallow containers maybe 2 or three inches deep.
- Put into refrigerator and let set.
- Slice and put into sandwiches or eat plain.
People Who Like This Dish 4
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My Mom's family raised hogs when she was growing up, and her older sister always made hogs head cheese and pork mincemeat for pies when they butchered one of the animals, and her dad always made the best sausage. My mouth waters just thinking about i...more
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Another great recipe help make this when I was a youngster it was a family thing every one helped. thanks for the memories
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