I grew up on Leberkäse and I could eat it as breakfast. The name “Leberkäse” is a misnomer, it does not contain liver or cheese, mainly pork, therefore some people call it Fleischkäse and in English “German meatloaf”
You can buy these sandwiches at most Butcher shops in Germany as a snack. It is generally cut very thick. At home I fry a slice and put an egg on top (sunny side up). With that you can serve a potato salad
Besides Bratwurst and Weisswurst, the Leberkäse is without a doubt the most popular snack in Bavaria. It is traditionally offered warm in a bread roll, or as a main course with fried egg and home fries or potato salad.
The Curing salt Prague Powder #1 is not absolutely necessary, it is just there to retain the pink/red color while baking, otherwise it’ll be gray when cooked. Just use more Kosher salt instead for taste. Optional: If you like to keep the red color in the meat, you could add a couple of drops of beet juice or red food coloring to look authentic.
In my opinion, the Ninja Blender works the best to mince the meat. Another option is to buy minced hamburger meat, preferable a pork and beef mixture.
The best meat grinder in my opinion is the Ninja Blender preferable 1100+ Watt
To keep the meat red/pink in the cooking process, you will need a Curing Salt like this below:
The recipe below is written in English and German
Leberkäse
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 pound lean pork, mageres Schweinefleisch
- 1 pound pork belly, fetter Schweinebauch
- 1/4 pound bacon, uncured/unsalted, Speck, unbehandelt und ungesalzen
- 1/2 tsp Curing Salt or Prague Powder #1 on Amazon, Pökelsalz
- 1 tsp salt, Salz
- Pinch of white pepper, weisser Pfeffer
- 1/2 onion cut in cubes, gehackte Zwiebel
- Majoran
- Nutmeg, Muskatnuss
- Thyme, Thymian
- Ginger, Ingwer
- Cardamon (optional)
- 400 g ice cubes, Eiswürfel
Instructions
- Fleisch in Würfel schneiden und anfrieren für 30 minuten (Freeze cubed meat in the freezer for about about 30 minutes)
- Die Eiswürfel in der Küchenmaschine/Blender zu Eisschnee verarbeiten (make some Ice snow)
- Den Eisschnee bis zum Gebrauch im Gefrierfach aufbewahren (keep the ice snow in the refrigerator until needed)
- Das gut gekühlte Fleisch schnell mit den Gewürzen und Zwiebel mischen (Mix the spices and onion with the meat)
- Es ist wichtig dass es kalt bleibt, sonst lässt es sich nicht fein genug mischen (the mixture has to stay cold, so it has to happen quick)
- Das Fleisch in die Maschine geben, in 2 Portionen damit es schneller mixt, auf höchster Stufe für 1 Minute mixen (Mince the meat in the mixer, in 2 portion, at highest speed)
- Den Eisschnee zugeben und nochmal schnell auf hoher Stufe durchmischen (add the ice snow to the mixture, and mix again at the highest speed)
- Eine gut gekühlte Kastenform ausfetten, die Masse in die Form geben (Pour mixture in cool, creased pound cake baking pan)
- Einige Male stauchen damit keine Luftblasen im Teig sind, mit einem feuchten Teigschaber Rauten in die Masse drücken (nicht schneiden). Spray a cooled loaf cake pan with cooking spray, or lay out with parchment paper.
- Fill the form with the mixture, press down so the air bubbles can escape, make ridges in the dough with a wet spatula.
- Bei ca. 180 C, 70 bis 90 min backen (bake at 350 F for 70 to 90 minutes)
- Wenn der Leberkäse noch etwas blass ist kurz den Broiler anmachen (If the Leberkaese is still pale put it under the broiler for several minutes). Internal temperature needs to reach 170 F or 76 C
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