What Are Mettenden? Here’s How You Can Cook Them

Especially in a stew or in hearty kale dishes, Mettenden is the perfect addition and should not be missing as a side dish. We take a closer look at the ingredient and tell you how best to prepare them.

Mettenden, boiled sausage.

We cannot tell you what the correct name for the delicious Mettwurst is. Whether you call them Mettenden, Knackwurst or Kochwurst probably depends on which region you live in. You will probably find many other names for the coarse-grained smoked sausage. What is clear, however, is that it is usually the same product that gives your vegetable soups or delicious kale dishes a tasty, spicy note in winter.

And what exactly is this Mettenden?

As with the name, the methods of production and ingredients differ slightly from region to region. Most often, however, they are made from pre-cooked, ground pork or sometimes lean beef and fat. Properly seasoned with salt, pepper, and cumin, the meat is typically filled in natural casings and then smoked.

Mettenden how to prepare?

Most types of Mettwurst can be eaten raw and are therefore ready to eat. Frying or heating them in water beforehand makes them even more aromatic and tasty. And these are the 3 ways for the right preparation:

1. Bring the Mettenenden to the right temperature at 80 degrees in a water bath. However, avoid sudden and too much heat in the pot, as the Mettwurst may burst.
2. Place them in the stew or soup and slowly heat them up.
3. They get really crispy when you fry them in a pan and add them to the dish when sliced.

Tip: Mettenden gives the stew or soup a spicy aroma when you heat it up.

Cooking time

The cooking time usually depends on the length of the Mettenden and says: 15-20 minutes are sufficient.

Go to the stove

Curious? Here are a few ways for you to prepare the Mettwurst sausages particularly well:

• Vegetable stews such as bean or carrot stew
• Soups, e.g. potato soup or many other vegetable soups to taste
• Kale
• fried potatoes

Your creativity knows no limits. The Mettenden tastes good with all dishes that you can imagine with a spicy meat side dish.