DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Blood Sausage (Asinsdesa)
Latvian blood sausages filled with barley groats, pork and onion.
About Blood Sausage (Asinsdesa)
Sandra Ošiņa’s Latvian asinsdesas combine barley groats, pig blood, pork fat, pork and onion inside hog casings. Her published recipe draws on a Latvian festive-food book and household sausage-making advice.
The pork and fat enrich the groat filling, with salt and onion supplying the main seasoning. Garlic and dried peppermint are offered as optional aromatic additions, while lingonberry jam accompanies the sausage.
The filling sits within tied casings before the sausages receive their final pan-fried finish. The groats and meat give the slices a substantial texture, with the jam alongside.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Barley (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Blood Sausage (Asinsdesa)
Sandra Ošiņa’s Latvian barley-groat asinsdesas.
- Barley groatsBase
- WaterLiquid
- Pig bloodBinder
- Pork fatBase
- Fried pork piecesProtein
- OnionsAromatic
- GarlicAromatic · Optional
- SaltSeasoning
- Dried peppermintAromatic · Optional
- Hog casingsBase
- Lingonberry jamAccompaniment
- Quince-marinated pumpkinAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Barley groats: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Barley (gluten) source-confirmed. Chosen miežu putraimi45 over pearl-barley alternative grūbas.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit groat cooking46/58 and temporary sausage poaching62; initial grain-washing medium not independently named.
- Pig blood: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pork fat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual cūku tauki48; rendered/raw form not specified.
- Fried pork pieces: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual meat49/58 is previously fried; exact cut and prior frying medium unprovided.
- Onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional51/58.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried peppermint (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Chosen optional spice53 over other herbs/pepper/nutmeg alternatives; broader peppermint link, dried form.
- Hog casings: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader sausage-casing link; exact natural pig intestine54, full cleaning formula not reconstructed.
- Lingonberry jam: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected named service66 over bacon or fried-potato alternatives; full preserve formula unprovided.
- Quince-marinated pumpkin (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Separate optional tasty pairing66, exact compound recipe unprovided; no inferred vinegar or sugar.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Latvia
- LatviaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Latvian Cuisine
- Latvian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.