Meats and Sausages
Zungenblutwurst (Tongue Blood Sausage)
Zungenblutwurst is German blood sausages with visible inserts cured red pieces of tongue.
| Meats | Metric | US |
|---|---|---|
| Pork tongue* | 500 g | 1.10 lb |
| Pork fat trimmings | 200 g | 0.44 lb |
| Pork skins | 150 g | 0.33 lb |
| Pork blood | 150 g | 0.33 lb |
Ingredients per 1000g (1 kg) of meat
| Salt | 12 g | 2 tsp |
| Pepper | 2.0 g | 1 tsp |
| Allspice, ground | 1.0 g | 1/2 tsp |
| Marjoram | 3.0 g | 2 tsp |
| Mace | 0.5 g | 1/4 tsp |
| Cloves, ground | 0.5 g | 1/4 tsp |
| Onions, chopped | 30 g | 1/3 onion |
Instructions
- Boil skins and pork fat trimmings at 80° C (176° F) until soft. Grind when still warm together with raw chopped onion through 3 mm (1/8") plate.
- Dice the cured tongues* into 25-30 mm (1") cubes.
- Mix tongues, ground skins, blood and all ingredients together.
- Stuff into 120 mm synthetic waterproof casings making 50 cm (20") sections.
- Boil at 80° C (176° F) for 180 minutes.
- Immerse in tap water for 15 minutes. Place on a flat surface to cool. Roll over once in a while.
- Refrigerate.
Notes
* curing tongues. Make 40° Salometer brine (10° Baume):
1 gal water, 333 g (0.73 lb) salt; Cure #1, 120 g (4.2 oz). About 3/4 quart (710 ml) of brine is needed for 1 kg of meat.
Inject some brine into tongues so they gain about 10% of their original weight and then place them in brine in a suitable container. Hold them completely submerged for 72 hours.
Remove the skin from the tongues, then slice them into thick discs. Boil the tongues at 90° C (194° F) for about 2 hours. Cool the tongues under running water.
1 gal water, 333 g (0.73 lb) salt; Cure #1, 120 g (4.2 oz). About 3/4 quart (710 ml) of brine is needed for 1 kg of meat.
Inject some brine into tongues so they gain about 10% of their original weight and then place them in brine in a suitable container. Hold them completely submerged for 72 hours.
Remove the skin from the tongues, then slice them into thick discs. Boil the tongues at 90° C (194° F) for about 2 hours. Cool the tongues under running water.
