Cartaboshi - offal sausage

  • Some of the links on this forum allow SMF, at no cost to you, to earn a small commission when you click through and make a purchase. Let me know if you have any questions about this.
SMF is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

atomicsmoke

Master of the Pit
Original poster
OTBS Member
Apr 3, 2014
4,313
1,235
Toronto, Canada
Cartaboshi is a cooked offal sausage...cousin to haggis, boudin and kishka but better than all (together). :-)

There are three versions: with rice, with coarse ground corn and blood sausage. I will cover the first two.

This is another one of the meats I grew up with. Done on the day the pig was slaughtered, always winter time, served soon after (organs dishes don't keep long) unless smoked.

Started with pig heart, liver and kidney. Spleen is good too - didn't have any. Some people use lungs as well. I don't.

Other odd items are welcomed
I used the tail for jelly (terrine). I wish I didn't. I could have called this "nose to tail".

I had a lot of liver, so I picked up another heart, and more kidneys from the store.
All these go in a big pot with boilibg water...for a long time.

Once cooked they are very dry so I need lubrication. Back fat

After rendering you get this almost illegal stuff

And nice golden fat

Chopped onion was sauteed in the just rendered fat.

Organs are cooked

They go thru the grinder, then added spices: thyme, allspice, salt, pepper.

Now we split the mix in two: one for rice

One for cornmeal

Stuffed

The cornmeal version is stuffed traditionally in pig bladder or stomach. I used beef middles

I poached them for a few minutes. Had a few blowouts.
Rice sausage

Cornmeal

About 12lbs in total.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: crazymoon
AS, They look delicious,nice job on a product that a lot of folks don't make (including me 
icon_smile.gif
)  .
points.gif
 
 
Last edited:
SmokingMeatForums.com is reader supported and as an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases.

Latest posts

Hot Threads

Clicky