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Sucuk or sujuk is a semi-dry, spicy sausage with a high fat content, popular in Middle Eastern, Balkan and Central Asian cuisines. It is traditionally prepared with ground beef and spices such as cumin, salt, paprika, and garlic. The sausage should be dried for at least three weeks before consumption.
It can be served cold and sliced thinly, but it is more commonly fried and paired with eggs and vegetables. In Lebanon, it is often consumed with tomatoes and garlic sauce in a pita bread, while in Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Israel, sucuk is often used as a pastry topping.
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The most famous cured meat product in Bulgaria is known as lukanka, a traditional, aromatic sausage made with a mixture of minced pork and veal. The sausage is usually heavily spiced with salt, black pepper, hot and sweet peppers, cumin, nutmeg, and coriander.
The choice and amount of added spices is highly variable and usually depends on the region. The casing for lukanka is usually made from cows' or pigs' intestines, and once completed, it is usually pressed on both sides to develop its traditional, flat shape.
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This classic Bulgarian sausage is typically made by combining ground pork meat with a mix of traditional Bulgarian spices, and then stuffing the mixture into a sheep casing. Typical spices include winter savory (chubritsa), paprika, black pepper, dried red peppers, salt, and cumin.
Various versions of the sausage exist in different parts of the country, with some calling for the addition of bacon, combining ground pork with ground beef for the sausage, or even enriching the sausage with garlic or leeks. Karnacheta is typically shaped into a coil, and it is usually consumed grilled, paired with hot peppers, garlic, and a cold beer on the side.
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Bahur is a traditional sausage made with a combination of rice and trimmings and blood of pork (but sheep and beef offal can also be used). Onions, bay leaves, cumin, and allspice are also added to the mixture. The ingredients are sautéed before they're stuffed into thick pork intestines.
The sausages are pierced with needles a few times to let the air out, then boiled, drained, and either consumed straight away or left to dry in a cold and dry place.
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