BASTURMA PASTIRMA

Pastırma or basturma is a highly seasoned, air-dried 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