Pork Casing

Meat◎ Good year-round

Used in 9 of 203 cuisines (4%)

Pork casing is the outer sheath made from the intestines of pigs, commonly used to encase sausages and other meat products.

Where it comes from

Cleaned pig intestines have been the natural sausage casing of butchery for millennia, the thrifty whole-animal vessel that holds the world's fresh and cured sausages.

In the kitchen

Stuffed and twisted into links, it encases everything from bratwurst to chorizo, snapping when cooked.

Across cuisines

Pork casing is a natural sausage casing made from the intestines of pigs, used to encase sausages and other meat products. It provides a traditional texture and flavor to sausages. The casing must be thoroughly cleaned and soaked before use to ensure tenderness and elasticity.