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Androllaandrolla

Androlla is a smoked, semi-dry pork sausage of north-west Spain made from rib meat and pork skin seasoned with garlic, oregano, white wine and paprika. No sugar is added, so the lactic fermentation is weak. One study followed it through 42 days of ripening, and it is eaten cooked, often with boiled potatoes.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Androlla itself.

Short entryMeat42 days

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo source gives a recipe with amounts; producers vary.
Pork rib meat, diaphragm and skin[s1]
Garlic, oregano, white wine and pimentón[s1]
Natural casing[s1]

Total time across the recorded steps: 42 days

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What changes: Rib meat and skin are chopped and seasoned

Step 1 of 3
Chop rib meat and skin; season
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Androlla is a smoked, semi-dry pork sausage of north-west Spain made from rib meat and pork skin seasoned with garlic, oregano, white wine and paprika. No sugar is added, so the lactic fermentation is weak. One study followed it through 42 days of ripening, and it is eaten cooked, often with boiled potatoes. Made in 3 steps over 42 days. The longest step, smoke, ripen and dry, takes 42 days (Franco I 2002). Lactic acid bacteria, mainly Lactobacillus sakei, then L. curvatus, L. alimentarius and L. plantarum and Staphylococcus xylosus (main staphylococcus) and Micrococcus luteus do most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main step42 daysReported[franco2002]Smoke, ripen and dry

What makes this one different

Androlla is made from rib meat and skin and is eaten cooked, like the similar botillo of León.

Related ferments

Safety

Androlla is usually cooked before eating. In one study no sample exceeded the 5 µg/kg limit for benzo[a]pyrene in smoked meat.

Hazards the sources name: Salmonella (six isolates among 150 from VRBG agar).

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [s1] Wikipedia, Androllawiki
  2. [garciafontan2007] García Fontán M.C., Lorenzo J.M., Parada A., Franco I., Carballo J. 2007, Microbiological characteristics of "androlla", a Spanish traditional pork sausage, Food Microbiology 24:52-58 (abstract)paper
  3. [franco2002] Franco I., Prieto B., Cruz J.M., López M., Carballo J. 2002, Study of the biochemical changes during the processing of Androlla, a Spanish dry-cured pork sausage, Food Chemistry 78:339-345 (abstract)paper
  4. [s3] Lorenzo J.M., Purriños L., García Fontán M.C., Franco D. 2010, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in two Spanish traditional smoked sausage varieties, "Androlla" and "Botillo", Meat Science 86:660-664 (abstract)paper