What sausage casing is this?
So, I have no photo of this sausage, but to give you a picture: dry-cured chorizo, casing is easy to remove on thin slices, but on larger pieces the casing breaks sort of like paper – the edges becomes white (otherwise being transparent) and fibrous. I find it a bit chewy and like to take it off.
What type of casing is this?
Best Answer
They choose edible casings, either way, you're better off taking the casing off.
It sounds like it's a cellulose synthetic casing. It's possible to be natural casing, but papery fibrous leads me to think cellulose.
I've included some pictures to aid you along so you can guess for yourself. Often it's easier to tell by the extra casing at the ends since natural and synthetic bunch up differently.
Here's a picture of synthetic casing from this morning's session (it's a sopressata):
This is what it looks like cured and partially peeled:
And this is what natural casing looks like fresh:
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What are the different types of sausage casing?
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Artificial sausage casings can be made from materials such as collagen, cellulose, and plastic and may not always be edible. Collagen casings have been around the longest and are produced from animal collagen, mostly from the hides of cows and pigs.What are sausage casings made of now?
Sausage casings are divided into two categories: natural and artificial. Natural casings are made from animal intestines, while artificial ones are made from plastic, cellulose, or collagen.How can you tell if a sausage casing is natural?
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