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Fermentation Atlas

Meat

Dry sausages, cured hams and other meats that lactic bacteria acidify while they dry.

110 entries listed here, page 1 of 2.

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FermentRegionMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
AlheiraPortugal2–8 days3.9–4.7
ArjiaKumaon Himalaya, northern India15–20 days
Baranjski kulen PGICroatia7 days18–20 °C5.3–5.3
BiltongSouthern Africa8 days22.2–25 °C1.7–2.7 %
Botillo del Bierzo IGPSpainat least 2 days10–12 °C1.8–2.5 %
Bündnerfleisch IGPSwitzerland28 days – 6 months1–18 °C5.4–6.2
Capocollo di Calabria DOPItalyat least 3.3 months14–18 °C6
Ch'arki (charqui, charque)Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina5 days20 %
Chorizo (Spain) and chouriço (Portugal)Spain and Portugalat least 21 days6–16 °C2 %5.9
Chorizo de Cantimpalos PGISpainat least 21 days6–16 °C5–6
Chorizo Riojano PGISpain21–28 daysup to 16 °C2 %5.7–5.8
Chosco de Tineo PGISpainat least 8 days
Chouriça de carne (Trás-os-Montes and Alentejo)Portugalat least 35 days4.9–6.1
Ciauscolo PGIItalyat least 15 days8–18 °Cat least 4.8
Csabai kolbász / Csabai vastagkolbász PGIHungary28–42 days16–18 °C
Finocchiona IGPItalyat least 15 days11–18 °C2.5–3.5 %
Gornooryahovski sudzhuk PGIBulgaria10–20 days15–18 °Cup to 4.5 %5.1–6
Gyulai kolbász / Gyulai pároskolbász PGIHungary14–16 days16–18 °C
IgunaqCanadian Arctic14–42 days2–23 °C5.5
Inuit aged meats and fish (seal, walrus, narwhal, whale, caribou, char)Canadian Arctic14–42 days2–23 °C
Jamma (geema)India15–20 days
Jinhua hamChinaat least 27 days0–15 °C10–12 %
KargyongSikkim, Darjeeling hills, Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh10–15 days5.3–5.9
KhyopehIndia4–6 months5.9
KilishiNorthern Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad7 h29–31 °C
Koji-cured and koji-aged meatsInternational4 days25–33 °C
Kraški zašink PGISloveniaat least 2.8 months10–16 °Cup to 6 %
LandjägerSwitzerland, Germany, Alsace24 h – 2 daysup to 2.5 %4.8
Lap cheong (Cantonese sausage)Southern China4–7 days50 °C
Lomo embuchadoSpain45 days – 3 months12 °C2 %
Lovecký salám / Lovecká saláma TSGCzech Republic and Slovakia14 days16–27 °Cup to 5.5
Lucanica di Picerno IGPItalyat least 18 days13–18 °C2–2.5 %4.8–5.3
Lukanka Panagyurska TSGBulgaria2–3 days8–24 °C2.3 %
Mam (Isan liver sausage)Thailand2–3 daysup to 4.6
Meat jiang (肉醬法) and quick meat jiangNorthern China14 days
Mettwurst (raw-fermented forms)Germany28 h24 °C2.4 %5.6–5.6 → 4.74
NaangThailand5–10 days10 %
NaemThailand3–5 days2–3 %4.6
Nang-khemThailand2–3 days
Nem chuaVietnam2–4 days4.9
Nordhessische Ahle Wurscht g.g.A.Germanyat least 28 days
Panxian hamChina12 months – 3 years20–22 °C8 %
Pastırma (Kayseri pastırması, Erzurum pastırması)Türkiye5–7 days6–8 %
Pepperoni (American fermented dry sausage)United States7–9 days15 °C2.5 %5.7 → 5.1
Prleška tünka PGISloveniaat least 30 days4–12 °C2.4–2.8 %
Ræst kjøtFaroe Islands3–5 months
Sa-umIndia2–5 days6.6
Sai krok IsanThailand2–3 days30–34 °C4.4–4.9
Salam de Sibiu PGIRomaniaat least 2 months10–15 °Cup to 5 %
Salama da sugo IGPItaly4–6 months2.2–3 %
Salame (Italian salami family)Italyat least 25 days12–19 °C1.5–3.5 %5.2–6.5
Salame Brianza DOPItalyat least 14 days9–13 °Cat least 5.3
Salame Cremona IGPItalyat least 35 days11–16 °Cat least 5.2
Salame di Varzi DOPItalyat least 30 days2–2.5 %
Salame Felino IGPItalyat least 25 days12–18 °C2–2.8 %at least 5.3
Salame Piacentino DOPItalyat least 45 days12–19 °C1.5–3.5 %5.2–6.5
Salame Piemonte IGPItaly10 days – 2.8 monthsup to 3 %at least 5.2
Salame S. Angelo IGPItalyat least 30 days2.8–3.2 %5.1–6.2
Salamini italiani alla cacciatora DOPItalyat least 10 days10–15 °Cat least 5.3
Salsiccia di Calabria DOPItalyat least 30 days
SatchuSikkim7–10 days5.5
Saucisse de Morteau / Jésus de Morteau IGPFranceat least 6 hup to 40 °Cup to 2.2 %
Saucisson de l'Ardèche IGPFrance17 days – 2.1 monthsat least 2.8 %
Saucisson de Lacaune / Saucisse de Lacaune IGPFrance2–5 daysat least 18 °Cup to 3.5 %at least 5
Saucisson secFrance3–8 daysup to 3 %
Saucisson sec d'Auvergne / Saucisse sèche d'Auvergne IGPFrance18–42 days2.2–3.5 %at least 5
Šebreljski želodec PGISlovenia3–5 months10–15 °C2.4–2.5 %
Slavonski kulen PGICroatiaat least 4.9 months14–17 °C5.6 → 4.42
Sobrassada de Mallorca PGISpainup to 6 months1.8–2.8 %up to 4.5
Som-neuaThailand3–4 days
Soppressata di Calabria DOPItalyat least 45 days
Sopressa Vicentina DOPItaly2–3.9 monthsup to 2.7 %5.4–6.2
Speck (Speck Alto Adige PGI and Tiroler Speck PGI)South Tyrol4.6–7.4 months10–16 °Cup to 5 %
SuanrouChina30 days – 2 months25 °C4 %5.8 → 4.08
SucukTurkey6–20 days15–17 °C2.5 %5.4
Suka ko masuNepal and India7–10 days
Súrsaðir hrútspungar (and súrmatur)Iceland3–6 months4–4.4
Szegedi szalámi / Szegedi téliszalámi PDOHungary2–3 monthsat least 5.6
Teewurst / Rügenwalder TeewurstGermany2 days5.3–5.5
Téliszalámi (Hungarian winter salami)Hungary2–3 monthsat least 5.6

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