Loukaniko

Loukaniko Lemonato
Type	Sausage
Place of origin	Greece
Main ingredients	Pork or lamb
Ingredients generally used	Orange peel, fennel seed, and various other dried herbs and seeds
Similar dishes	Lucanica

Loukaniko (Greek: λουκάνικο) is a type of Greeksausage made from pork or lamb and typically flavored withorange peel,fennel seed, and various other dried herbs and seeds, and sometimessmoked over aromatic woods. They are also often flavored with greens, especiallyleeks.^[1]

Loukaniko is often served as amezze, sliced and fried, sometimes withsaganaki. It is also cooked into a variety of dishes.

The name 'loukaniko' is derived fromancient Roman cuisine'slucanica^[2][1] (fromLucania region ofSouthern Italy) and has been used in Greece since at least the 4th century.^[3]

• Lucanica orluganega, an Italian sausage with a related name
• Lukanka, a Bulgarian sausage with a related name
• Longaniza, any of a variety of sausages fromSpain,Latin America, and thePhilippines with a related name
• Linguiça, any of a variety of sausages fromPortugal,Goa,Macau andBrazil
• Soujouk, a spicy, dry, lean sausage found in from the Balkans and Middle East
• Likëngë
• List of smoked foods

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