Description
Loukaniko (Greek: λουκάνικο) is the common Greek word for pork sausage, but in English it refers specifically to Greek sausages flavored with orange peel, fennel seed, and various other dried herbs and seeds, and sometimes smoked over aromatic woods. Greek sausages are also often flavoured with greens, especially leeks.
The name ‘loukaniko’ is derived from ancient Roman cuisine’s lucanica (from Lucania region of South Italy) and has been used in Greek since at least the 4th century.
