Wurstsalat (German, literally ''sausage salad'') is a tart
sausage
A sausage is a type of meat product usually made from ground meat—often pork, beef, or poultry—along with salt, spices and other flavourings. Other ingredients, such as grains or breadcrumbs may be included as fillers or extenders. ...
salad prepared with distilled white
vinegar
Vinegar is an aqueous solution of acetic acid and trace compounds that may include flavorings. Vinegar typically contains 5–8% acetic acid by volume. Usually, the acetic acid is produced by a double fermentation, converting simple sugars to eth ...
,
oil and
onion
An onion (''Allium cepa'' L., from Latin ''cepa'' meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus '' Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the on ...
s.
A variation of the recipe adds strips of pickled
gherkin. It is generally made from boiled sausage like
Lyoner,
stadtwurst,
Regensburger Wurst
Regensburger Wurst is a boiled sausage with a fine or coarse pork 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, Germany in the second half of the 19 ...
or
extrawurst. It is a traditional snack in
Southern Germany
Southern Germany () is a region of Germany which has no exact boundary, but is generally taken to include the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken, historically the stem duchies of Bavaria and Swabia or, in a modern context, Bavaria ...
,
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and
Austria
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(where it is known as , lit. "sour sausage").
To prepare the dish, the sausage is cut into thin slices or strips and placed, along with raw onion (sliced into rings or diced), in a vinegar and oil
marinade
Marinating is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking. The origin of the word alludes to the use of brine (''aqua marina'' or sea water) in the pickling process, which led to the technique of adding flavo ...
, lightly seasoned with salt, pepper, and sometimes paprika.
Common additional ingredients are finely cut gherkins, radishes,
parsley
Parsley, or garden parsley (''Petroselinum crispum'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region (Sardinia, Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, southern Italy, Greece, ...
or
chives. Wurstsalat is generally served with
bread
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made f ...
and sometimes fried potatoes.
Popular variants are the ''Schwäbischer Wurstsalat'' (Swabian wurstsalat), which uses one half blood sausage, and ''Schweizer Wurstsalat'' (Swiss wurstsalat), which like the ''Straßburger Wurstsalat'' (
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the ...
wurstsalat) or ''Elsässer Wurstsalat'' (Alsacian wurstsalat) also contains
Emmental cheese and uses the traditional Swiss
cervelat instead of Lyoner sausage.
See also
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:de:Fleischsalat is a similar meat salad, but is usually prepared with a mayonnaise dressing.
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List of sausage dishes
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References
Salads
Meat dishes
Swabian cuisine
Sausage dishes
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