Goetta

Goetta

1 pound ground pork and 1 pound ground beef
8 cups water
2 1/2 cups pinhead oatmeal (can also use ‘steel cut’)
1 large onion, sliced
1 to 4 bay leaves, optional
2 teaspoons salt
Pinch of pepper

In a large pot with a lid, boil the water; add salt, pepper and oatmeal. Cover and let cook for two hours, stirring often.

Add the meat, onion and bay leaves. Mix well. Cook for another hour, stirring often. Remove bay leaf.

Pour into bread pans (size doesn't matter).

Refrigerate overnight.

Cut into squares and freeze separate squares on cookie sheet – when frozen through, place the individual squares in plastic bag and keep in freezer ‡ allowing you to take out as many as needed for frying