Jagdwurst

Jagdwurst (which means hunting sausage) is a German cooked sausage made with finely ground pork sausage meat and coarse chunks of lean pork or pork belly. Some recipes also include beef. The meat is usually seasoned with salt and flavoured with spices such as green peppercorns, mace, ginger and coriander. North German styles of Jagdwurst often contain mustard seeds, and in the south of the country pistachio pieces are a common ingredient.

Jagdwurst from Tyrol

Jagdwurst can be eaten cold, for example in sandwiches, or hot, sometimes cut into soup and other hot dishes.

In eastern Germany fried, sliced Jagdwurst, often coated in breadcrumbs, is termed a Jägerschnitzel (Hunter's schnitzel).[1][2] The dish is essentially a lower budget schnitzel conceived in harder times and popular in the German Democratic Republic, using sausage instead of lean meat due to its lower price and easier availability. This should not be confused with the dish of the same name, available throughout the German speaking countries, which comprises an escalope of lean pork or beef served with a mushroom sauce, also known as Schnitzel nach Jäger Art (huntsman-style schnitzel).