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.
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.
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
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ideas and information from Cyprus - 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.
Weber 751001 22 1/2-Inch One-Touch Gold Charcoal Grill, Black
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Weber 2290 22-1/2-Inch Charcoal Kettle Rotisserie
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Weber 121020 Go-Anywhere Charcoal Grill
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Cast Iron Hibachi BBQ Grill
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- dash1 dash1 Jul 2, 2009 @ 12:51 pm
- Trying to get hold of the ingrediants for Sheftalia is not the easiest thing, you cant get the caul fat and pork fatback from a regular butcher, need to try to locate a butcher that slaughters. Can someone suggest replacements for them? If made properly these are one of the best sausages/meatballs that I have ever tasted.
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- mulberry mulberry Jun 11, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
- This certainly looks good. I get bored if I have to eat the same things over and over. I need to figure out where I can get some Sheftalia!
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- tandemonimom tandemonimom Dec 31, 2008 @ 10:17 am
- This sausage looks mouth-watering. Please join the new Real Food, Real Living group on Squidoo!
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