Hoofdkaas

Description
Head cheese. Even though its name suggests otherwise, this has nothing whatsoever to do with cheese. This recipe is a very old traditional recipe and hardly ever made anymore. — CorineJ 12:48, 23 Mar 2006 (PST)

Ingredients

 * ¼ pig's head
 * ¾ kg pork
 * 1½ tbsp salt
 * 1 tsp pepper
 * ½ tsp ground cloves
 * ½ tsp nutmeg
 * some gherkins

Directions

 * 1) Leave the pig's head in salt water until ready to use, then brush under a lukewarm flowing tap.
 * 2) Put in so much water that it is half under, and cook in about 1½ hrs.
 * 3) Add the washed meat and leave everything to cook for another hour, so that the head meat is easy to take off the bone and only a little cooking juice is left.
 * 4) Take the meat of the bone and mince it together with the pork.
 * 5) Add the minced mass to the cooking juice, mix everything with the salt and spiced and add the chopped gherkins.
 * 6) Transfer to bowls, cover them with fat free paper and pour some vinegar on.
 * 7) Leave to cold and stiff and slice thinly.
 * 8) Keeps 1 to 2 weeks.