{"id":42081,"date":"2022-03-10T17:51:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=42081"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:50:46","slug":"debreziner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/debreziner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Debreziner sausage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/debrezinersmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/debrezinersmall.jpg\" alt=\"Debreziners\" class=\"wp-image-42082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/debrezinersmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/debrezinersmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Various sausages owe their name to their place of alleged origin. And so it is with another Viennese favourite: the Debreziner found in snack stands around the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lightly-smoked pork sausage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flavoured with sweet paprika<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Named after the Hungarian city<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also used in some goulash recipes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_FandD\" rel=\"sponsored\">walking tour<\/a>* around Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/sausages\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1200\">Guide to sausages<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/traditional-food-drink\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1654\">Viennese food &amp; drink<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-debreziner\">What is a Debreziner?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/debreziner.jpg\" alt=\"Frying Debreziner sausages\" class=\"wp-image-42083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/debreziner.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/debreziner-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Notable for its paprika-enhanced colour and seasoning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Debreziner belongs to the family of parboiled sausages, a description that acutely fails to whet the appetite. But don&#8217;t let that put you off trying one, since they have a distinctive and hearty taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sausage takes its name from the Hungarian city of Debrecen, which lies around 400 km (c. 249 miles) east of Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Debrecen was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/habsburgs\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12848\">Habsburg dominions<\/a> for several periods of time (depending on such factors as the ebb and flow of the Ottoman empire). It also formed the capital of Hungary during the brief flirtation with independence from the Austrian empire in the late 1840s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, the Debreziner joins the list of Viennese sausages and other foods adopted from imperial lands during the past: the menu hanging up outside a sausage stand is both a price list and a statement on centuries of central European political history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, the Viennese seem to have kept the name despite Debrecen&#8217;s role in revolutionary escapades. For example, one 1875 classified ad for a location in Rossau (now in Vienna&#8217;s ninth district) highlighted its:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2026daily fresh supply of &#8220;genuine Debrecziner&#8221; sausages<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Close observers will note a slightly different spelling: Debrecziner. Another legacy of an empire that crossed various linguistic borders. You may also find the sausage marked as a Depreziner or Debrecener, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with many sausages that have migrated across Europe (now there&#8217;s a concept to boggle the mind), the exact contents vary. But in Vienna, the Debreziner is usually a pork-based, lightly-smoked and relatively thin sausage, though you may find other meats included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What sets this sausage variety apart from the others is its particular distinguishing ingredient: sweet paprika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spice explains the reddish colour and ensures a richer, more savoury experience that you get with, for example, the simple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/frankfurter\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7208\">frankfurter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with all good sausages, the uses vary. My family knows the Debreziner as a prime ingredient in goulash, where it complements the traditional paprika seasoning for that dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But on snack menus and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/sausages\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1200\">W\u00fcrstelstand<\/a>, our Hungarian friend sits comfortably alongside your other boiled or fried sausages as a simple meal served whole (usually in pairs) with bread, ketchup and mustard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on traditional Viennese dishes and drinks, check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/traditional-food-drink\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1654\">my overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various sausages owe their name to their place of alleged origin. And so it is with another Viennese favourite: the Debreziner found in snack stands around the city. What is a Debreziner? (Notable for its paprika-enhanced colour and seasoning) The Debreziner belongs to the family of parboiled sausages, a description that acutely fails to whet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-food","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42081"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80742,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42081\/revisions\/80742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}