Walnut sausage prepared with traditional methods in Mardin has become the favorite dessert of Europeans.
Şehmus EDİS
The production of walnut sausage prepared by traditional methods by the villagers continues in Mardin. After the grapes are crushed and boiled in boilers, the walnuts strung on a rope are dipped in slurry and the walnut soudjouks are sold for 80 liras per kilo.
The production of walnut sausage, which starts with grape harvest, is expected to be higher than expected in Mardin this year. The walnut sausage, which was started to be produced especially in the last days of the autumn months in Mardin and its region, is among the indispensable foods of the winter months.
Walnut sausage, which is produced from the rich vineyards in the Zınnar Valley and whose fame has spread to many European countries, especially Germany, Denmark. It finds buyers on special orders from Sweden, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Qatar, Dubai, and Iran.
In recent years, walnut sausage has become a commercial sector in Mardin. Walnut sausage, which is sold between 60 and 80 TL per kilo, has many benefits for human health. Sausages made of molasses and walnuts attract great attention as the indispensable dessert of the winter season.
10 TONS SENT ON ORDER
Sausage producer and seller Mesut Irmak, who stated that it is difficult to prepare as well as sell. Stated that they have sent the walnut sausage, which is produced with a mixture of grape must and walnuts, to many European countries on order.
A COMPLETE SOURCE OF ENERGY… {2 }
Experts state that sausage with walnuts, which strengthens the immune system especially during the pandemic period, is one of the traditional foods rich in energy, minerals and vitamins.
It is a good source of energy due to the starch, sugar and walnut in its structure. “It is also a good source of vitamins and minerals due to molasses and walnuts, and walnuts also contain protein. It is a nutritious food that can be recommended to individuals with high energy needs (weak ones, athletes, pregnant women, heavy-duty workers). It may be recommended to prefer only ready-made products (sweets, sweetened drinks, chips, biscuits, etc.) He gives his information.
WITHOUT SWEET…
Sausage with walnuts, one of our traditional foods, is a food rich in energy and nutrients when evaluated in terms of nutritional composition. It is a food with high nutritional value due to the oil seeds that it contains, due to the protein, fat (especially rich in unsaturated fatty acids) and fat-soluble vitamin E, which has antioxidant properties, minerals and other vitamins and minerals and vitamins in the composition of grape must and molasses.
It is a nutritious food that can be recommended to individuals with high energy needs (weak ones, athletes, pregnant women, heavy-duty workers). It can be recommended to prefer only ready-made products (sweets, sugary drinks, chips, biscuits, etc.) which are high in energy, have no nutritional value and cause unbalanced nutrition.
PRODUCTION
Walnut sausage is produced in our country under different names such as maraş soudjouk, köme, bandırma and sugar soudjouk. The walnuts are prepared by dipping the walnuts in the jelly prepared by boiling the grape must with starch or in the jelly prepared by boiling the molasses with starch. Oil seeds such as hazelnuts and walnuts are rich in B group vitamins, minerals, oil and protein. Despite their high fat content, they do not contain cholesterol since they are of vegetable origin. Hazelnuts are rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, walnut is rich in omega-3 fatty acids as well as monounsaturated fatty acids.
