How to Make Walnut Sausage?

Walnut sausage has an important place in Georgian and Anatolian cuisine. In our country, walnut sausage is known by many different names. The reason for this is that it has different varieties in terms of content and form from region to region. In Turkey, orcik, or as it is known, walnut sausage is consumed a lot. In Georgian cuisine, it is a dessert that is consumed very often in the new year and on holidays. It is prepared in several different ways. The main ingredients of walnut sausage are hazelnuts, walnuts, grapes, and flour.

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Orcik, What is Sausage with Walnut?

In our country, sausage with walnuts, sausage with cider, sugar sausage, grape sausage, and molasses sausage are called orcik or köme. This name varies in many regions. In Turkey, orcik is generally made by dipping walnuts on a string in grape or mulberry must in Gümüşhane, Kahramanmaraş, Elazığ, Artvin and the surrounding cities. The essence of cider is boiled molasses or fruit. Grape or mulberry juice is used as fruit. It is called by this name because it resembles a sausage in shape.

How Is Orcik Made?

Orcik, or as it is known, walnut sausage is one of the most consumed tastes among people. In general, when you start making orcik, you should have walnuts, molasses, starch, flour, and hot water with you.

First, a thread is threaded into the quilting needle. Then walnuts are strung on this rope. This step is difficult or does not require sewing knowledge. When walnuts are kept in water, they easily pass through the rope. Molasses is added to the pot and then starch is added. When you add the flour you have kept on the side, you can mix it and wait for it to boil. If the mixture, which should be denser inconsistency to understand that it is ready, remains too solid, water should be added. Then it is mixed and opened. Finally, the walnuts you have threaded are placed in the mixture you have prepared in the pot and left to dry.

By hanging and drying the walnuts lined up on a string, orcik, walnut sausage comes out. The thickness changes according to the amount of dipping in the must. There are also varieties made by stringing other nuts such as green pistachios, hazelnuts, almonds instead of walnuts on the string. Orcik made with green pistachio is very abundant in Kahramanmaraş. Starch can be applied to the outside of the walnut sausage so that the sausages do not stick together. There is approximately 322 kcal in 100 grams of orcik.

Today, walnut sausage is made by using glucose or sucrose-based musts instead of molasses. Therefore, it is useful to research and buy natural and healthy walnut sausage.

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How Many Calories Is Orcik, Walnut Sausage?

There are 268 calories in 100 grams of molasses walnut sausage.

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Nutritional Value of Turkish Sausage with Walnut

It has a nutritional value that changes with the different nutrients included in the production of walnut sausage. 100 grams of walnut sausage contains 25.9 grams of carbohydrates, 0.2 grams of fiber, 4.9 grams of protein, 15.3 grams of fat. There is no cholesterol in the walnut sausage.

Benefits of Walnut Sausage

There are many clinical studies and findings obtained in line with scientific results about walnut sausage. However, it is not possible to talk about the benefits of walnut sausage under the Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Nutrition and Health Claims.

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