BASTURMA PASTIRMA

Pastırma or basturma is a highly seasoned, airdried cured beef that is part of the cuisines of a number of countries.

The Turkish horsemen of Central Asia used to preserve meat by placing slabs of it in pockets on the sides of their saddles, where it would be pressed by their legs as they rode. This pressed meat was the forerunner of today’s pastirma, a term which literally means ‘being pressed’ in Turkish, and is the origin of the Italian pastrami. Pastirma is a kind of cured beef.

HOMEMADE BASTURMA

Ingredientes da Pastirma / Basturma

1kg lean beef;
Salt to cover the meat;

Spices paste

Salt 14g
powdered Fenugreek 43g
Sweet paprika 43g
Black pepper 14g
Powdered garlic 14g
Cayenne pepper 7g
Allspice 14g
Cumin 14g
Warm water