Carnival farcit with rice, Alt Urgell blood sausage
A Catalan carnival sausage filled with rice, egg, grapes, garlic, and parsley, simmered in a stockpot and served once cooled.
This filling is a traditional preparation for the carnival in the Alt Urgell region. The rice, grapes, and bacon are enclosed in a casing, then simmered.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time40 min
- Cook time30 min
- Resting1 hr
- Total2 hr 10 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodscalding
- Estimated cost$3.96 $0.66 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
Ingredients
people
- $0.73
- $1.20
- $0.18
- $0.38
- $1.43
- $0.04
Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Cook the rice in water, ensuring it is neither too soft nor too hard, and mix it with the grapes, chopped bacon, eggs, garlic, and parsley.
- Season well, mix thoroughly, and then fill the pastry shells with the filling, but not too tightly, so that they do not burst during baking. ≈ 10 min
- Place them in a large pot of simmering water. ≈ 3 min
- Let it cool before eating.
The bill
Carnival farcit with rice, Alt Urgell blood sausage
- 250 g of cooked rice$0.73
- 3 eggs$1.20
- 2 cloves of garlic$0.18
- 50 grams of grapes$0.38
- 150 g of ground pork belly$1.43
- salt$0.04
Total$3.96
that's $0.66 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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