merguez
Sign in to saveMerguez ( ) is a red, spicy lamb- or beef-based fresh sausage in Maghrebi cuisine. In France, merguez became popular in the 1960s and 1970s, as Algerian immigrants and the pieds-noirs of Algeria settled in the country and opened small shops and restaurants that served traditional dishes like merguez. The popularity of merguez in France was also fueled by the rise of fast food chains like Quick and McDonald's, which began to offer merguez sandwiches and burgers to cater to their North African clientele.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Merguez
- Food.image
- Merguez sausages.jpg
- Food.region
- Maghreb
- Food.year
- 12th century
- Food.type
- Sausage
- Food.main_ingredient
- Lamb or beef
- Food.minor_ingredient
- Cumin and chili pepper or harissa
- Food.serving_size
- 100 g
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Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- North Africa
- Material used
- meat
- Image
- Merguez sausages.jpg
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- Merguez
- native label
- مرقاز
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Encyclopedic overview
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Merguez ( ) is a red, spicy lamb- or beef-based fresh sausage in Maghrebi cuisine. In France, merguez became popular in the 1960s and 1970s, as Algerian immigrants and the pieds-noirs of Algeria settled in the country and opened small shops and restaurants that served traditional dishes like merguez. The popularity of merguez in France was also fueled by the rise of fast food chains like Quick and McDonald's, which began to offer merguez sandwiches and burgers to cater to their North African clientele.
Merguez is a sausage made with uncooked lamb, beef, or a mixture stuffed into a lamb-intestine casing. It is heavily spiced with cumin and chili pepper or harissa, which give it its characteristic piquancy and red color, as well as other spices such as sumac, fennel and garlic.
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