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Sheftalia, A Cypriot Sausage

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Sheftalia, a Traditional Cypriot Food

Sheftalia is a typical food from Cyprus. Sheftalia is a kind of sausage without skin. Instead of sausage casing it uses caul fat, the membrane that covers the stomach of a lamb or pig, to wrap the ingredients.
In a Cyprus meze you will find Sheftalia often among a wide variety of dishes.

What is Sheftalia?

The filling of Sheftalia is made of ground pork or lamb shoulder and leg. It is mixed with fine chopped onions and parsley and seasoned with salt and pepper. Formed into small round balls it gets wrapped into caul fat and put on skewers.

Sheftalia are grilled until they are golden brown, what takes about 20 minutes. They taste best when grilled on charcoal.

Often sheftalia are served in pita bread together with chopped tomato, onion, cucumber and parsley as well as some lemon juice.

Recipes for Sheftalia

Recipe: Sheftalia (Cyprus) Grilled Cypriot Sausage: This Greek Cypriot crépinette, a sausage without skin, uses caul fat, or omentum, the membrane that surrounds the stomach, to wrap the ingredients rather than sausage casing.
Sheftalia Greek Takeaway: When making sheftalia, the traditional Greek way is to use minced pork, but you can substitue lamb mince to make this dish if you prefer.
Greek Sausage: Sheftalia: Nice change to eat at a barbecue. Crispy seasoned sausages with a nice flavor. Eat in a pita with chopped tomato, parsley, onion, cucumber, and tahini. Add plenty of lemon. Yummy
Sheftalia - Cypriot Sausage: The #1 web resource for authentic recipe
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RecipeSource: Sheftalia (Barbeque Sausages): Tip: Excessive flaring of fire can be controlled by a sprinkle of water on the coals. Serve sheftalia as an appetizer or a main course.

Sheftalia, Best Prepared on Charcoal Grills

A tasty sheftalia is prepared on charcoal. Here you will find a selection of charcoal grills for using at home, in the garden or even for using on a hike.

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food_monkey Oct 27, 2011 @ 8:03 am | delete

those look great! nice lens!

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photofk3 Feb 13, 2011 @ 5:20 am | delete

Looks delicious, I want to taste it.

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poddys Nov 4, 2010 @ 4:24 pm | delete

Yumm. I love Cypriot food.

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jptanabe Oct 15, 2010 @ 9:11 am | delete

Mmmm, sheftalia look delicious. Now I just need to make some Cypriot friends and invite them to come over and cook some for me!

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pmolinero Oct 15, 2010 @ 11:57 am | delete

There is another way, spending some nice vacation in Cyprus, enjoying the food and the nice beaches around. However, if doing BBQ, you will need to try Halloumi as well. You will be amazed once you tried the grilled one.
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