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{{Short description|Type of Greek sausage}}
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'''Loukaniko''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: λουκάνικο) is a type of Greek [[sausage]] made from pork or lamb and typically flavored with [[Orange (fruit)|orange]] peel, [[fennel]] seed, and various other dried herbs and seeds, and sometimes [[Smoking (cooking)|smoked]] over aromatic woods. They are also often flavored with greens, especially [[leek]]s.<ref name="Ying 2016">{{cite book|first1=Chris|last1=Ying|first2=the editors of Lucky|last2=Peach|title=The Wurst of Lucky Peach: A Treasury of Encased Meat: A Cookbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJYmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT69|publisher=Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale|date=5 April 2016|isbn=9780804187787|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Loukaniko is often served as a [[mezze]], sliced and fried, sometimes with [[saganaki]]. It is also cooked into a variety of dishes.

The name 'loukaniko' is derived from [[ancient Roman cuisine]]'s ''[[lucanica]]''<ref>''Γ. Μπαμπινιώτης, Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας'', 1998</ref><ref name="Ying 2016"/> (from [[Lucania]] region of [[Southern Italy]]) and has been used in Greece since at least the 4th century.<ref>[[Andrew Dalby]], ''Siren Feasts'', 1996, p. 181</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Lucanica]] or ''luganega'', an Italian sausage with a related name
*[[Lukanka]], a Bulgarian sausage with a related name
*[[Longaniza]], any of a variety of sausages from [[Spain]], [[Latin America]], and the [[Philippines]] with a related name
*[[Linguiça]], any of a variety of sausages from [[Portugal]], [[Goa]], [[Macau]] and [[Brazil]]
*[[Soujouk]], a spicy, dry, lean sausage found in from the Balkans and Middle East
*[[Likëngë]]
*[[List of smoked foods]]

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