Pork Blood Sausage (Kishka)

Make your own sausage at home — it's so much tastier! This pork blood sausage comes out remarkably juicy and tender, with wonderful flavor. Don't pack the casings too tightly, since they shrink as the sausage cooks. After boiling, you can finish the sausage in a skillet or in the oven (bake for 15 minutes at 340°F / 170°C).

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 35 % 14 g
Fats 58 % 23 g
Carbohydrates 8 % 3 g
264 kcal
GI: 33 / 67 / 0
    1. Wash the fatback and pork cheek, put them in a pot, cover with cold water, and set over the heat. Once it boils, lower the heat and simmer for 40 minutes. 2. Drain, then run the cheek and fatback through a meat grinder (a fine plate works best). Peel the onion and garlic. 3. Sort and rinse the buckwheat, cook it until tender, and add it to the ground meat. 4. Pour the blood into a bowl and strain out any clots. Pour the strained blood into the container with the buckwheat, cheek, and fatback; season with salt and pepper and mix. 5. Fill the casings with the mixture, tie off both ends, and make about 10 pricks along each length (with a toothpick or needle). 6. Boil the sausage for 15 minutes from the time the water boils, then transfer it to a skillet with a little vegetable oil, a couple of garlic cloves, and some rosemary sprigs. 7. Cover the skillet and fry the sausage for 3 to 4 minutes, then flip it and fry a couple more minutes. Serve with or without a side — it's delicious with just some fresh bread. Enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Pork fat - 871  kcal/100g
  • Melted pork fat - 947  kcal/100g
  • Pork rinds - 895  kcal/100g
  • Lard - 797  kcal/100g
  • Spy - 658  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Buckwheat (whole grain) - 335  kcal/100g
  • Dark buckwheat flour - 333  kcal/100g
  • Light buckwheat flour - 347  kcal/100g
  • Boiled buckwheat - 163  kcal/100g
  • Buckwheat - 313  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Pig's blood - 216  kcal/100g
  • Pork intestines - 602  kcal/100g
  • Pork cheek - 494  kcal/100g

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