A traditional sausage of cleaned sheep tripe and offal, seasoned with onion, pepper and savory, rolled, tied and boiled: a slaughter-time favourite served with garlic sauce and paste.
Zherume (Circassian Offal Sausage)
Ingredients
Method
- Clean the entrails thoroughly in cold water, then dip briefly in fiercely boiling water and scrape off the thin membranes until they whiten.
- Cut the tripe into roughly 20×15 cm pieces; prepare slightly longer pieces of intestine.
- Lay the tripe smooth-side up on the intestine.
- Top with sliced onion; season with salt, black pepper and savory.
- Roll everything up and tie firmly with thread or thin intestine.
- Boil in salted water until cooked through, like meat.
- Serve hot with garlic sauce (shchips) and paste.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Zherume: questions
How long does it take to make Zherume?
About 120 minutes, according to the recipe in the Circassian app.
How many people does this Zherume recipe serve?
It serves 6. The servings control above the ingredients recalculates every quantity for 1 to 40 people.
What is Zherume made of?
The ingredients are: cleaned sheep tripe / paunch; internal fat; small intestine (for filling and ties); 2 onions, sliced; salt; ground black pepper; dried savory; to serve: shchips (garlic sauce) and paste.
Is Zherume an everyday or a festive dish?
The Circassian app files it as a festive dish (Meat & Cured).
Where does this Zherume 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 “Zherume (Circassian Offal 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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