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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.

Key facts

Food.name
Loukaniko
Food.image
Loukaniko.jpg
Food.caption
Loukaniko Lemonato
Food.type
Sausage
Food.country
Greece
Food.creator
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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
Food.similar_dish
Lucanica
Food.no_recipes
false

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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.