Hunting sausage

Jagdwurst – Not just cold cuts

A delight for all generations from traditional to modern - Although the name suggests it, hunting sausage is not a product made from game meat. The name derives from the fact that this sausage often served as provisions for hunters when they went hunting. Interestingly, in the 18th and 19th centuries, horse-drawn carriages used to transport game were also called "hunting sausages."

Hunting sausage spices

The hunting sausage is one of the boiled sausages. The scalding process coagulates the muscle protein and makes the sausage firm and easy to slice. Its main ingredients are pork and sausage meat. It is relatively lean. Its characteristic taste is achieved by adding salt, pepper, garlic, mustard seeds, paprika, mace, cardamom, ginger, coriander or pistachios, which makes the product spicy and balanced.

Further product information

• Ingredients: 75% pork/beef, pork bacon, drinking water, nitrite curing salt (table salt, preservative: E250), spices, sugar, stabilizer: E450, acidifier: E300
• Allergens: may contain traces of mustard
• Net filling quantity: 470 g
• Company address: Slaughterhouse GmbH Perleberg, Ackerstr. 4, 19348 Perleberg

Use of hunting sausage

In addition to their use as cold cuts at all meals, the Jagdwurst is also often used in cooking. It is popular, for example, as an ingredient in macaroni or other pasta dishes. The slices are often fried in a pan or grilled. The "GDR hunter's schnitzel“, a breaded slice of hunting sausage from the pan.

Building pleasure towers

But even upscale restaurants like to use hunting sausage because of its taste and its robust bite to culinary creations. One such example is grilled hunting sausage slices, which are layered with tomato and mozzarella slices to form a tower and briefly heated in the oven or grill to melt the cheese. Garnished with some basil, this quick and easy, yet visually appealing version is ready.

Conclusion

The Jagdwurst is one of the classics in the household. Stored in the refrigerator, it will last for about 2 to 4 days – if you don't cut yourself a slice every now and then, because a quick snack in between is predestined.

Nutritional values per 100 g sausage:

• Calorific value: 962 kJ / 230 kcal
• Fat: 19 g
• ...of which saturated fatty acids: 7.6 g
• Carbohydrates: 0.5 g
• ...of which sugar: 0.5 g
• Protein: 14 g
• Salt: 2 g