Best Southern Great Plain Sausage/Salami Types
Csabai kolbász or Csabai vastagkolbász is a cylindrical sausage made with pork from pigs that have been fattened to a minimum weight of 135 kg. What makes this sausage unique is the manual boning method during the production, where all of the sinews are removed, thus ensuring the best quality of the meat.
The pork meat and fat are minced, then combined with paprika, garlic, caraway, and salt and filled into casings, after which the sausage is smoked, cured, and dried. It slices easily and has a hot, smoky and spicy flavor (due to the paprika and the smoke treatment).
Szegedi szalámi is a slowly smoked, cylindrical sausage made from pork. The salami is rounded at one end and slim at the end from which it was hung, and is covered by noble mold on the exterior. It slices easily and comes in different varieties depending on the length: normal (54cm), midi (36cm), tourist (19cm) and mini (16cm).
Szegedi salami must be made with pork older than one year that was raised and slaughtered in the Bács-Kiskun, Csongrád, Békés, Hajdú-Bihar, and Baranya counties in Hungary. Additionally, salt and a mixture of seasonings is added to the salami, which matures for at least 90 days before it is ready to be consumed.
Gyulai kolbász is a slowly smoked sausage made from pig's meat that has been minced with fat and combined with salt, hot and mild ground paprika, pepper, caraway, garlic, and salt. The combination is placed into intestines that act as a protective casing, and the sausage is then smoked over wood before being cured and hung to dry.
When sold whole, the sausages must come in pairs (18-26 cm in length) and they must not have any mold on the exterior. The sausages slice easily and have a pleasant flavor of smoke and spices used in the production process. They can be eaten on their own, with bread, or used in rakott krumpli, a traditional Hungarian potato and egg casserole.
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