Regensburger Wurst is a boiled sausage with a fine or coarse pork

Pork

Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig , which is eaten in many countries. It is one of the most commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BC....

 filling. It comes in a compact shape with a length of about 10 cm (4 in) and a diameter of about 4 cm. It was invented in Regensburg

Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...

 in the second half of the 19th century

19th century

The 19th century was a period in history marked by the collapse of the Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Holy Roman and Mughal empires...

 and only sausages that are produced in the inner city ring may be called "Regensburger". The local name for the sausages is "Knacker", which can be translated as "cracker" or "crackler".

Characteristics

The sausage is prepared using pork without fat which is finely ground and mixed with salt

Salt

In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...

 and spice

Spice

A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for flavor, color, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth. It may be used to flavour a dish or to hide other flavours...

s as well as some dices of pork. The sausage filling is put into sausage casing made from beef intestines, bound into short sausages, smoked and then boiled.

The Regensburger Würste can be eaten either hot or cold and are also the main ingredient for the Regensburger Wurstsalat

Wurstsalat

Wurstsalat is a tart sausage salad prepared with vinegar, oil and onions. It is normally made from a sort of boiled sausage like lyoner, stadtwurst, regensburger or extrawurst...

that is made with a marinade

Marination

Marination is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking. The origins of the word allude to the use of brine in the pickling process, which led to the technique of adding flavor by immersion in liquid...

 of oil, vinegar, chopped onions and mustard.

Another popular serving is the Regensburger Semmel which features the sausage broiled and halved in a bread roll together with sweet mustard

Mustard (condiment)

Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant...

, horseradish

Horseradish

Horseradish is a perennial plant of the Brassicaceae family, which also includes mustard, wasabi, broccoli, and cabbages. The plant is probably native to south eastern Europe and the Arab World , but is popular around the world today...

 and pickled gherkin

Gherkin

The gherkin is a fruit similar in form and nutritional value to a cucumber. Gherkins and cucumbers belong to the same species , but are from different cultivar groups....

and is eaten as a snack.