Mosefund Farm

My favorite new-found indulgence.

This sausage was prepared from a Mangalitsa (Mahn-gah-leet-sa), a name for several closely related breeds of heritage hog first known from early 19th-century Hungary. The Mangalitsa is so curly-haired that without a snout-on view, you might briefly mistake it for a sheep; an alternate German name, in fact, is "Wollschwein."

Eyes closed, many food lovers compare its flavor with that of beef — Mosefund brands Mangalitsa "the other red meat" — and especially love the juicy, fatty-but light texture, best cooked low and slow. Four gently grilled sausages ($9 per pound) didn't melt in my mouth, not quite — though perhaps I didn't hold them there long enough to find out.

Mosefund Farm
315 Mattison Reservoir Rd., Branchville, New Jersey
201-289-0210
www.Mosefund.com
At the New Amsterdam Market

Comments

[Atilla the Hun]

I've actually never heard the word pronounced. I wouldn't call you wrong but if this were spelled in Hungarian and pronounced that way it would be "mangaliza" or "mangalitsza." As it's usually spelled it would be pronounced mangalitSHA. Interesting.

[Dave Cook]

I'm not sure I've ever heard it pronounced, either; I relied on multiple and seemingly reputable online sources that laid the stress on the first syllable.

[Dave Cook]

On a return visit — Mosefund Farm plans to be in attendance on every Sunday that the New Amsterdam Market is open, at least for the fall 2010 season — the fellows at the stall pronounced it manh-gah-Leet-sa. They rightly observed, though, that whichever syllable you stress, people will know which pig you mean.