Jagdwurst

Jagdwurst is a Brühwurstsorte. Alternatively, it is also called ham sausage, Stuttgart or protect sausage.

It consists of pork ( lean meat and pork belly ) and cold cuts - base meat. Partly also beef is used for some recipes. Typical spices are pepper, mace, ginger and coriander. As Süddeutsche type is referred to the use of mustard seeds, on the other hand as a North German type, the addition of chopped pistachios. The meat is coarsely minced and mixed with the rough-cut meats. Most also nitrite and color stabilizer of the mass is added to achieve a light pink color of the sausage. Then the sausage is cooked and bottled in casings or canned. For the variant Emperor Jagdwurst lean pork meat is used and the content is less.

Generally, it is eaten cold sliced ​​or fried in slices. In East Germany, she is a hunter schnitzel prepared a traditional dish. Like other cooked sausage also suitable Jagdwurst as well as in soups or as a meat substitute in casseroles and stir-fries.