''Jagdwurst'' (literally ''hunting sausage'') is a German cooked

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made with finely ground pork sausage meat and coarse chunks of lean pork or pork belly. Some recipes also include beef. The meat is usually seasoned with salt and flavoured with spices such as green peppercorns, mace,

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and

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styles of ''Jagdwurst'' often contain mustard seeds, and in the

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, pistachio pieces are a common ingredient. ''Jagdwurst'' can be eaten cold, for example in sandwiches, or hot, sometimes cut into soup and other hot dishes. In eastern Germany, fried, sliced ''Jagdwurst'', often coated in breadcrumbs, is termed . The dish is essentially a lower-budget schnitzel conceived in harder times and popular in the

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, using sausage instead of lean meat due to its lower price and higher availability. The more traditional, common preparation of jägerschnitzel comprises an

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of lean pork or veal served with a mushroom sauce, also known as ('huntsman-style schnitzel').

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