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Andouille
Cajun andouille
CourseSausage
Place of originFrance
Main ingredientsPork, garlic, pepper, onions, wine, pork chitterlings, tripe
French andouille from Guémené-sur-Scorff, France

Andouille (/ænˈduːi/ ann-DOO-ee, /ɑːnˈduːi/ ahn-DOO-ee; French: [ɑ̃duj]; from Latin induco) is a smoked sausage made using pork, originating in France.

France

In France, particularly Brittany and Normandy,[1] the traditional ingredients of andouille are primarily pig chitterlings, tripe, onions, wine, and seasoning. It is generally grey and has a distinctive odor. A similar, but unsmoked and smaller, sausage is called andouillette, literally "little andouille". Some andouille varieties use the pig's entire gastrointestinal system. Various French regions have their own recipes such as: "l’andouille de Guémené", "de Vire", "de Cambrai", "d’Aire-sur-la-Lys", "de Revin", "de Jargeau", "de Bretagne" or "du Val d'Ajol".[2]

Italy

'Nduja, a spreadable pork salami from Calabria probably originates as a variation of andouille, originally introduced to Italy in the 13th century by the Angevins.[3]

United States

In the US, the sausage is most often associated with Louisiana Cajun cuisine, where it is a coarse-grained smoked sausage made using pork, garlic, pepper, onions, wine, and seasonings. Once the casing is stuffed, the sausage is smoked again (double smoked).[4] Nicknamed "The Andouille Capital of the World," the town of LaPlace, Louisiana, on the Mississippi River, is especially noted for its Cajun andouille.[5]

The country Cajuns west of Lafayette, Louisiana, made andouille similar to the French. They seasoned the pig intestines with salt and cayenne pepper, soaked them in a water and vinegar bath overnight, and then rinsed them well before stuffing them one into another lengthwise. They cut and tied them into long links with string and hung them with the sausage in the smoke house. They were not twisted into links because they were too dense. When a link is cut, the concentric rings of the intestines can be seen. They never called it "andouille sausage", just "andouille"; i.e., sausage and andouille are two different things to these Cajuns.[6]

Though somewhat similar, andouille is not to be confused with "hot links" or similar finely ground, high-fat, heavily peppered sausages.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Produits alimentaires | Produit en Bretagne". www.produitenbretagne.bzh.
  2. ^ "L'andouille". leporc.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ^ "What Is Nduja and Why Is It Suddenly on Every Menu?". Bloomberg. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Andouille sausage (Gastronomy) – Definition" (various), MiMi.hu, 2006, webpage: Hu-Andou.
  5. ^ "Dining & Bars". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  6. ^ "Andouille". Louisiana's River Parishes. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
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