Kartoffelwurst

Kartoffelwurst (meaning  sausage) is made from the meat and of either  or, to which are added es, s, and various different regional.

The primary material of the potato sausage is 50-70% of pre-cooked, finely chopped pork or beef and from 30-50% of potatoes. To this mixture is added (the precise formula varying by region) pre-cooked cubes of fatty bacon, meat (usually salted), offal, or, or stewed onions. Common spices are, , and. After the sausage mixture has been placed into the sausage casings or cans, the sausage is heated so that the blood clotting and the typical red-brown color is produced. On cooling, gelatin from the rind is added, which solidifies the sausage, and makes it cut resistant.

The potato sausage is usually eaten fried. Since gelatin and fat liquefy when heated, hot potato sausage often has a mushy consistency.

Regional variations of sausage are found particularly in the southwest of Germany, that is, in, , northern , , and the. It is also found in the canton of in.