loukaniko
Sign in to saveLoukaniko (Greek: λουκάνικο) is a type of Greek sausage made from pork or lamb and typically flavored with orange peel, fennel seed, and various other dried herbs and seeds, and sometimes smoked over aromatic woods. They are also often flavored with greens, especially leeks.
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- Loukaniko
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- Loukaniko Lemonato
- Food.type
- Sausage
- Food.country
- Greece
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- Food.main_ingredient
- Pork or lamb
- Food.minor_ingredient
- Orange peel, fennel seed, and various other dried herbs and seeds
- Food.serving_size
- 100 g
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- Lucanica
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Loukaniko (Greek: λουκάνικο) is a type of Greek sausage made from pork or lamb and typically flavored with orange peel, fennel seed, and various other dried herbs and seeds, and sometimes smoked over aromatic woods. They are also often flavored with greens, especially leeks.
Loukaniko is often served as a mezze, sliced and fried, sometimes with saganaki. It is also cooked into a variety of dishes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “loukaniko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.