Saucisse de Toulouse

Saucisse de Toulouse is a fresh sausage originating from Toulouse in southwest France. It is made from pork, salt and pepper, has a natural casing of about in diameter and is usually sold in a coil.
It is an ingredient of most cassoulet recipes and is also served grilled or confit.
Saucisse de Toulouse does not have a protected status so variations on the original recipe can be sold under the same name. Producers' organisations have proposed a Label Rouge designation for the product the recipe for which would adhere to certain criteria: raw pork meat and fat, ham without shank, shoulder without shank, loin, brisket, and back fat; a natural casing of pork or mutton; salt at an amount between 1.5% and 1.8% of the total ingredients; water, ice; sugars at a maximum of 1% of the total ingredients ; aromatics, spices and wines at a maximum of 0.7% in total, and trace amounts of one of: ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbate, erythorbic acid, or sodium erythorbate as a preservative.