Description

slow cooker version of the classic Dorsel’s goetta recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 lb ground pork
  • 6 cups water
  • 2½ cups oats (steel-cut / pinhead)
  • 1 onion (large / sliced)
  • 4 bay leaf (1–4, optional)
  • 3 tsp salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper

Instructions

  1. Put water, salt and pepper into cooker, cover and heat on high for 20 minutes.
  2. Stir in oatmeal, cover and cook on high 1½ hours.
  3. Add meat, onion, and bay leaves—mix well. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours.
  4. Uncover—if not thick enough cook a little longer, stirring often.
  5. Pour into bread pans. When cool, place in refrigerator. Will keep for days.
  6. When ready to use, slice the loaf of goetta and put into a pan in which there is a little hot bacon fat. Fry until well browned. (Very good for breakfast.)