''Frankfurter Rindswurst'' ( German for “Frankfurt beef sausage”) is a

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made of beef. It was introduced in 1894 by

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butcher Gref-Volsing to meet the demands of the growing

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population of the city and has since become one of its most famous delicacies. The sausage may be boiled,

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, or grilled. The best-known manufacturer is the

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Process

The meat content of the sausage consists of 100%

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, with some lean meat being replaced by fat. For the production of the frankfurter, the coarsely ground meat is slowly minced for a short time in the grinder with nitrite

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and cutter aids. Then, fat and ice snow is added, and the chopping speed is increased until the mass is finely ground. Finally, it is seasoned with

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and paprika and color stabilizer is added if deemed necessary. The sausages are smoked for 60–90 minutes. They have a unit weight of 100 g and are cased in beef intestines with a diameter of 32–34 mm and are tied off. For the production of beef bratwurst,

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is used instead of the nitrite curing salt.

Literature

* Hermann Koch, Martin Fuchs: ''The manufacture of fine meat and sausage products.'' 22nd edition, Deutscher Fachverlag, 2009,

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