Side, Snack, Appetizer
Leberkäse
Leberkäse (german, literally means 'liver-cheese'; sometimes spelled leberkäs or leberka(a)s in austria and the swabian, bavarian and franconian parts of germany, 'leverkaas' in the netherlands and fleischkäse ("meat-cheese") in saarland, baden, switzerland and tyrol, is a specialty food found in the south of germany, in austria and parts of switzerland, similar to bologna sausage. it consists of corned beef, pork and bacon and is made by grinding the ingredients very finely and then baking it as a loaf in a bread pan until it has a crunchy brown crust. variations may be made of other meats such as horse meat or turkey, or may contain additional ingredients such as cheese or minced chili pepper.
leberkäse is also called fleischlaib, which literally means "meat-loaf" in german, but it is not a meatloaf, which in german is called hackbraten (literally "ground roast", from hackfleisch, "ground meat", and ein braten, "a roast"), faschierter braten (literally "minced roast", from faschieren, "to mince", and ein braten, "a roast"), wiegebraten, falscher hase ("false hare" or "faux hare") and heuchelhase ("mock-hare").