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Balken Brei Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 Pounds pork
2 Pounds beef
Approximately 4 cups cracklings
Approximately 5 cups buckwheat flour
Salt
Pepper
Nutmeg
Allspice
Cloves
Directions:
Directions:
Cook pork and beef in 1 gallon of water until done. Save broth. Cool. Grind meats. Add cracklings to the broth. Bring to boil and add spices as suited to your taste. Sift in flour and stir in slowly one cup at a time. This mixture needs to be very thick. When well mixed and cooked through , pour into greased loaf or cake pans. Refrigerate.

When cold, cut into slices about 1/4 inch thick. Fry in greased skillet. Brown both sides. Eat warm with dark Karo syrup.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mom contributed this recipe. It was an old Dutch recipe used often by our Grandmother Winnie Vis. I found Hormel cracklings in my meat sections of the grocery store. Grandma Vis would use tongue, liver and other meat, but it also works well with hamburger and sausage.

 

 

 

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