Regensburger Wurst is a boiled sausage with a fine or coarse

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filling. It comes in a compact shape with a length of about 10 cm (4 in) and a diameter of about 4 cm. It was invented in

Regensburg Regensburg (historically known in English as Ratisbon) is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen (river), Regen, Danube's northernmost point. It is the capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the ...

, Germany in the second half of the 19th century and only sausages that are produced in the inner city ring may be called "Regensburger". The local name for the sausages is "Knacker", which can be translated as "cracker" or "crackler".

Characteristics

The sausage is prepared using pork without fat which is finely ground and mixed with

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and

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s as well as some dices of pork. The sausage filling is put into sausage casing made from beef intestines, bound into short sausages, smoked and then boiled. The ''Regensburger Würste'' can be eaten either hot or cold and are also the main ingredient for the ''Regensburger

Wurstsalat Wurstsalat (, literally ''sausage salad'') is a tart sausage salad prepared with distilled white vinegar, Cooking oil, oil and onions. A variation of the recipe adds strips of pickled Pickled cucumber, gherkin. It is generally made from boiled sa ...

'' that is made with a

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of oil, vinegar, chopped onions and mustard. Another popular serving is the ''Regensburger Semmel'' which features the sausage broiled and halved in a bread roll together with sweet

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and pickled gherkin and is eaten as a snack.

References

{{Reflist Bavarian cuisine German sausages