Worth Knowing About Boiled Sausage

As part of the answer to the question “What types of sausage are there?” it can be stated that the cooked sausage forms its own category. Compared to boiled sausages, cured sausages, and raw sausages, it is cooked by heating and the ingredients used are very often pre-cooked. These are muscle meat, fat tissue, blood, and innards. Only when blood, liver, and adipose tissue predominate can the proportion of raw starting material predominate. The type of production is therefore decisive for the definition of cooked sausage. Since the sausage specialty is already heated through, it can be eaten straight away, which means you don’t have to heat up the boiled sausage. Cooked sausages are generally considered safe during pregnancy as long as freshness and hygiene are guaranteed.

Purchasing and storage

When shopping, you have the choice between different types of cooked sausages, which are assigned to the main categories blood sausage, cooked spread sausage and aspic sausage. Well-known examples are liver, tongue blood and pressed sausage as well as pâté. The storage of the boiled sausage is always the same, regardless of the type: it is best kept in the coldest place in the refrigerator, ideally in a can with a lid. It will keep like this for several days. Cooked sausage can be frozen for longer storage. However, the consistency of cooked spreadable sausage can change.

Kitchen tips for boiled sausage

Many boiled sausage recipes are very hearty and often include cabbage as an ingredient. The best example is our Brussels sprouts soup with cabbage sausage. Mettenden are used in the recipe, but you can also use boiled mettwurst. If you prefer other sausage specialties with your cabbage, we recommend “green cabbage with pinkel” as a classic. The latter is a smoked grützwurst – you can find out more about this in our expert knowledge on the topic “What is the difference between Pinkel and Bregenwurst?”. If you want to prepare cooked sausage yourself, you should heat the ingredients individually and together long enough. How long the boiled sausage should cook depends on the thickness. The finger test provides information: If the sausage feels firm when you press it lightly with your thumb, it is usually done.