Goetta tastes like a sweet and savory and mild breakfast sausage and also has a distinct chewy and slightly mushy texture that comes from the added steel cut oats, which also provide the goetta with a nutty flavor.
When goetta is fried, the outside of the goetta will become crispy, and the inside of goetta remains soft and offers you a complex flavor which also has hints of spices like ginger, bay leaf, clove and cinnamon, depending on the recipe.
Goetta is healthy to eat in moderation, although goetta is not a health food, but goetta can be eaten as part of a balanced diet.
Goetta contains a great amount of protein, which is essential for building and repairing tissues in the body and goetta is also a great source of fiber, due to the oats that goetta contains, which promotes a healthy digestive system and helps to regulate bowel movements and blood sugar levels.
Goetta is also a great source of iron, which is a mineral that is essential for red blood cell production.
However goetta is also high in saturated fat, high in sodium and can contain some other processed meats.
The high saturated fat content in goetta can increase your risk of heart disease if eaten in excess and the high sodium in goetta can also contribute to high blood pressure.
The way you traditionally cook goetta is slice the goetta loaf into 1/2 inch or 1/4 inch thick slices.
Then pan fry the slices of goetta on medium heat in a lightly oiled, non stick skillet or even on an electric griddle and fry the goetta slices for 6 to 10 minutes on each side until both sides are crispy and golden brown.
The goal when cooking goetta traditionally is to cook the goetta slices until they have a crispy exterior with a tender and porridge like interior, so you should cook the goetta slowly and avoid overcrowding of the pan or griddle.
You can also cook goetta in an air fryer by preheating your air fryer to 375 F to 400 F and arrange the goetta slices in a single layer in the air fryer basket and air fry the goetta for 8 to 15 minutes.
Flip the goetta halfway through cooking in the air fryer until they reach the level of crispiness that you desire.
Goetta is fully cooked when it's made as goetta is made by slow cooking the ingredients which form a loaf.
You can eat goetta straight from the package although most people reheat the goetta or brown it in a pan to get a crispy golden crust.
The frying step for goetta is to improve the texture and browning the exterior of the goetta and not to cook it as goetta is already fully cooked.
Goetta is a German inspired sausage that was brought to the United States by German immigrants in the 19th century.
Goetta evolved from peasant foods such as grain sausages or Grutzwurst from areas such as the Hanover region of northwest Germany.
Although goetta does have German roots, goetta as it's known today is a distinctly American food.
The popularity and production of goetta is centered in the Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati area.
Goetta is basically a Cincinnati area German American breakfast sausage that is made out of ground meat which is often pork and beef and steel cut oats as well as spices and onions.
The mixture is then slow cooked into a thick mush and then cools and sets into a sliceable and firm loaf.
Goetta sausage is traditionally sliced and then pan fried until it's crispy and is often served with breakfast dishes such eggs and toast.
Unlike other types of sausages, goetta sausages use steel cut oats to stretch the meat and make it a filling and savory dish.
Although goettas origins are German, goetta was developed by German immigrants in Cincinnati and is still mainly consumed in Cincinnati.
To make goetta steel cut oats are first cooked with water until tender.
Then ground meat, onions and a blend of spices are stirred into the cooked oats.
The mixture is then slow cooked for several hours.
And the thick porridge is then poured into a pan, cooled and then chilled until it then becomes firm and sliceable as a loaf.