Venison sausage

Venison is called deer meat, which is eaten. Deer, northern in the first place, is the main source of protein for small northern peoples. In rather large quantities, they are bred in lesotundra and tundra in the Russian Federation, northern Canada, Finland, Alaska (USA), Norway and Sweden.

By the way, the meat of other species of deer (maral, spotted and others) is also used as food as one of the varieties of game. Venison is characterized by some stiffness, brownish color, and therefore such meat requires special recipes for cooking.

A special delicacy is venison sausage, and this product is popular not only in our country, but also in other regions. For example, foodies around the world know a savory venison sausage from Spain called Choriso. This raw venison sausage is made in the addition of selected pork and seasoned with paprika (red pepper), salt and garlic.

It is noteworthy that the content of deer meat in this product is at least 62 grams per hundred grams of sausage product. Regarding the calorie content of venison sausage, we can say that its nutritional value is slightly lower than the indicators of other types of such products - about 170 kcal per hundred grams.

A distinctive feature of venison sausage, in addition to the obligatory presence of paprika, is also a fairly large grinding of minced meat. In general, such sausage is rightfully considered not only an exquisite delicacy, but also a very useful food.

Thus, venison contains a considerable amount of mineral salts (potassium, iron, zinc, magnesium) and vitamins. The use of high-quality venison sausage contributes to better heart function and normalization of the entire circulatory system. In addition, cholesterol levels decrease and have a beneficial effect on human reproductive function.

As you know, venison contains more protein than some varieties of beef, and its calorie content is insignificant. Deer meat can be absorbed by the human body much better than pork, beef, lamb and even chicken meat. With regular use of venison, the risk of diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis and hypertension can be reduced.

There are many recipes for cooking meals based on venison sausage. First of all, it can often be found in sausage plates, sandwiches, hot chowder (for example, cosido). Drinks with such sausage perfectly combine red wine or berry tincture. In addition, venison sausage is part of the starting components for making the famous beer snack called tapas.