Chopped meat, offal and tail-fat seasoned with onion and garlic, stuffed into a casing, boiled then pan-browned; served with sauce or in its own broth.
Nek'wlh (Homemade Sausage)
Ingredients
Method
- Finely chop the meat, offal and fat (do not mince to a paste).
- Mix in the onion, pounded garlic, red pepper, salt and black pepper.
- Stuff the mixture into the cleaned casing; tie off into a ring or links.
- Prick in a few places, then simmer in salted water 40–50 minutes.
- Lift out and pan-brown (or light-smoke to keep for winter).
- Slice and serve with shchips and paste, or in the cooking broth as a soup.
Prick the casing before boiling so it doesn't burst.
This is the recipe from the Recipes section of the Circassian app, where you can also scale it and save it to your favourites.
Kitchen words in Circassian
The words for what is in this dish, in Kabardian (East Circassian) and Adyghe (West Circassian), with audio from the Circassian app’s lessons and audio course.
| English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| meat | лыly | лыlə |
| salt | шыгъуshyghu | щыгъуshchəghu |
| food | шхынshkhyn | шхыныshkhənə |
| delicious | IэфI'ef' | IэшIу'eshIu |
| This is delicious! | Мыр IэфIщ!Myr 'ef'shch! | Мыр IэшIу!Myr 'esh'u! |
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Nek'wlh: questions
How long does it take to make Nek'wlh?
About 90 minutes, according to the recipe in the Circassian app.
How many people does this Nek'wlh recipe serve?
It serves 6. The servings control above the ingredients recalculates every quantity for 1 to 40 people.
What is Nek'wlh made of?
The ingredients are: 700 g meat + offal; 100 g tail-fat; 2 onions, chopped; 4 garlic cloves; 1 tsp red pepper; salt and black pepper; cleaned intestine (casing).
Is Nek'wlh an everyday or a festive dish?
The Circassian app files it as a festive dish (Meat & Cured).
Where does this Nek'wlh recipe come from?
From the Recipes section of the Circassian app. The app’s recipes draw on Amjad Jaimoukha’s book Circassian Cuisine and were cross-checked against Russian and Adyghe food sources.
Sources
- Circassian app, Recipes section, recipe “Nek'wlh (Homemade Sausage)” (recipe data last changed July 2026). The app’s recipes draw on Amjad Jaimoukha’s book Circassian Cuisine and were cross-checked against Russian and Adyghe food sources.
- Circassian app: audio course, Kabardian and Adyghe (the kitchen words: cheese, meat, milk, bread, tea, water, food, delicious), and the lessons’ vocabulary (chicken, salt, butter, honey).
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