What is hog maul you ask? Well it is a Pennsylvania Dutch dish that many people no longer make.
Hog maul is a mixture of sausage, potatoes, onions, parsley all stuffed in a pigs stomach (the maul) and baked. I know it sounds gross to many, but if you can get past the maul- the sausage mixture is actually VERY tasty!The skin of the maul will get crispy like turkey skin. Personally I only eat the insides... the maul serves as a casing which keeps the sausage moist and keeps the flavor inside.
We took the pics using the camera on my phone so the quality isn't fantastic, but you can get the idea.
Here is how you make it...
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| First you cube the potatoes |
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| Then you put them in a pot |
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| Add water and then cook till tender, but not mushy |
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| Chop onions |
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| Get the sausage ready- I couldn't find loose sausage so I got link sausage and removed it from the casings. |
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| Parsley- always use fresh- it makes a difference |
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| Get the parsley ready |
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| Add the potatoes to the onions |
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| Add pepper |
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| Add chopped parsley |
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| Add onions, parsley, potatoes to the sausage |
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| Get your hands in there and gently mix it all together |
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| This is what it will look like mixed |
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| The hog maul- yes it is gross.... |
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| Begin to stuff the sausage /potato/ onion mixture into the maul |
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| Keep stuffing- kind of like stuffing a turkey |
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| This is how it will look when it is stuffed-look how big it gets! Spray the pan with pam |
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| Spray the mauls with pam and season on the outside with onion salt and pepper |
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| Bake for 1.5- 2 hrs. |
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| Done! |
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| Perfect! |
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| Slice |
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| And serve |
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| Serve with applesauce- and some also have cole slaw with it |
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| Delish! |
I love this kind of cooking - where they use every part of the animal [although I could never do tongue. The texture was too...um, tongue-y for me. heehee] And this looks really good.
ReplyDeleteYou only cooked the potatoes, right? Not the sausage? It looks like you didn't before stuffing, but just making sure. :) We live really close to farm country - but do you think we have a butcher within a 100 mile radius of our home? HA The only way you can get anything from the "butcher" around here is to buy a half of a cow, etc. They don't do "sniff, sniff nose in the air" butchers in Loudoun. Sad b/c I miss ours.
This recipe is definitely a keeper. Thanks for sharing.
Yes you cook the potatoes until they are soft, but not mushy, you can pre cook the onions slightly too if you want. Sometimes I do- I didn't today.
DeleteIt does sound interesting. But I'm not sure I would eat is knowing what the maul is. But if somebody didn't tell me... :D
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