Morcillas o Rellenas

Blood Sausages from Isabel Gelpud

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Preparation info
  • 2 pounds

    of sausages
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

  • About

On the coast, we call these morcillas, while in the interior of the country they call them rellenas. For this recipe, I traveled to the small town of Candelaria on the outskirts of Cali, where supposedly the best rellenas are prepared. Isabel Gelpud invited us in to watch, learn, and take lots of pictures. After seeing the whole process done in a very homey style, handmade and very clean, I was positively surprised. These sausages are mostly herbs, and the raw mixture i