Kaszanka

Kaszanka

Traditional Kaszanka
Alternative names	Kiszka, Grützwurst, Knipp, Krupniok (see list below)
Type	Blood sausage
Course	Appetizer, main
Place of origin	GermanyPoland
Region or state	Central Europe, Eastern Europe
Serving temperature	Hot, cold
Main ingredients	Pork, pig's blood, pig offal, kasza, onions, black pepper, marjoram
Media: Kaszanka

Kaszanka is a traditional blood sausage in the east and central European cuisine. It is made of a mixture of pig's blood, pork offal (commonly liver), and buckwheat (kasza) or barley stuffed in a pig intestine. It is usually flavored with onion, black pepper, and marjoram.

The dish probably comes from Germany or Denmark, but the latter is unlikely because of a significant difference in ingredients: the Danish version consists of blood, pork, raisins, sugar, groats and flour.

Kaszanka may be eaten cold, but traditionally it is either grilled or fried with some onions and then served with potato and sauerkraut.

Other names and similar dishes

• крывянка (Kryvianka, Belarus)
• verivorst (Estonia)
• kaszanka (Poland)
• Kiszka (Yiddish קישקע kishke, some districts of Poland)
• Grützwurst (Germany and sometimes Silesia)
• Tote Oma (Germany. A joking-sarcastic name for fried Grützwurst, meaning Dead Granny)
• Knipp (Lower Saxony, Germany)
• Göttwust, Grüttwust (Low Germany)
• krupńok, krupniok (More of a slight name difference than variation, Silesia)
• żymlok (A variation of Krupniok based on cut bread roll instead of buckwheat, Silesia)
• Pinkel (Northwest Germany)
• Stippgrütze (Westphalia, Germany)
• Westfälische Rinderwurst (Westphalia, Germany)
• krëpnica (Kashubia)
• Maischel (Carinthia, Austria): Grützwurst without blood and not cased in intestine, but worked into balls in caul fat. The name comes from the Slovenian majželj in turn derived from the Bavarian Maisen ("slices").
• jelito (Czech Republic)
• krvavnička (Slovakia)
• hurka (Slovakia)
• véres hurka (Hungarian)
• krovyanka (Ukraine)
• krvavica (Serbia, Slovenia)
• кървавица (Bulgaria)
• chișcă (Romania)

See also

• Kishka
• Ryynimakkara
• Saumagen
• Black pudding
• Haggis
• Polish cuisine
• German cuisine

External links

• A photograph of kaszanka
• A recipe for kiszka on YumYum.com
• Kaszanka or kiszka vendors in the United States: Chicopee Provision Co. (Chicopee, MA), Polana – A Polish Experience (Chicago, IL)
• Krupniok in Silesian cuisine