Cured Meats

🇧🇪Wallonia, Belgium

Jambon d'Ardenne

Jambon d'Ardenne is a protected Ardennes cured ham with a deep savoury aroma and firm slice.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Jambon de la Borne

Protected farmhouse smoked ham associated with the Borne chimney, produced across Fribourg and the Vaud part of Broye.

🇵🇪Peru

Jamón del País

Peruvian seasoned boiled ham sliced for breads, breakfasts and the classic butifarra.

🇨🇳China

Jinhua Ham

金华火腿

A salt-cured, air-dried leg of the two-headed black pig, aged up to three years, used in slices to lend depth to soups and steamed dishes.

🇩🇿Algeria

Kaddid

قديد

Strips of lamb salted, rubbed with coriander, garlic and chilli and sun-dried, then preserved in fat.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Kaddid

قديد

Strips of lamb or beef rubbed with coriander, caraway and garlic and dried in the sun, then kept under olive oil and dropped into stews.

🇹🇲Turkmenistan

Kakmach

Kakmaç

Preserved dried meat prepared in individual portions or strips; may be fried in fat or baked in a tandoor, but traditionally dried like jerky in the hot desert sun; a practical preservation method from nomadic life; listed in Wikipedia's Turkmen cuisine; paired with bread and vegetables as a snack or appetizer.

🇸🇪Sweden

Kalvsylta

Jellied veal, a standard on the Christmas smörgåsbord.

🇸🇮Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia

Karst Prosciutto

Kraški pršut

Pork leg salted and dried in the burja, the dry wind that scours the Karst plateau — no smoke, no cooking, twelve months minimum in stone drying rooms.

🇩🇪Germany

Kassler

Cured and smoked pork cut, similar to gammon, served with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes.

🇲🇪Boka and the Coast, Montenegro

Kastradina

Kaštradina is salted and air-dried mutton or goat, later simmered until tender and often served with cabbage or greens. It is a preserved-meat tradition of Montenegro’s mountain and Boka households.

🇬🇺Guam

Kelaguen

Kelaguen Kå'tne

Chamorro kelaguen is finely chopped raw or cooked meat or seafood acid-marinated with lemon, grated coconut, onion, and hot pepper; chicken, beef, deer, fish, and shrimp are named preparations of the same local dish.

🇲🇦Morocco

Khlea

Moroccan preserved beef or lamb cooked with spices and stored under fat for later use.

🇲🇦Morocco

Khlii (Preserved Meat)

خليع

Moroccan preserved dried meat (beef or lamb) in fat, a national and traditional ingredient. Used in eggs, tagines, and bread, savory and rich

🇵🇱Poland

Kiełbasa Krakowska Sucha Staropolska

Kiełbasa Krakowska Sucha Staropolska is a cured or preserved meat from Lesser Poland Voivodeship, rooted in local cooking tradition. Distinct from food-kielbasa-krakowska.

🇵🇱Poland

Kiełbasa piaszczańska

Kiełbasa piaszczańska is a cured or preserved meat from Piaski Wielkie, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇳🇪Kano, Niger

Kilishi

Beef sliced paper-thin, sun-dried, coated in a groundnut and spice paste, dried again and briefly roasted — northern jerky that keeps for months.

🇲🇬Madagascar

Kitoza

Long strips of zebu beef salted and either dried in the sun or smoked over a fire, then grilled and eaten with rice porridge.

🇸🇮Slovenia

Kostelski želodec

Kostelski želodec is a stuffed pork stomach packed with seasoned meat and grains, then cooked and sliced.

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Lahndi

لاندی

Whole sheep salted and hung to dry in the cold Pashtun winter, then cut down through the season for stews and rice.

🇪🇭Western Sahara

Lakhlii

Camel meat cut into cord-like pieces, sun-dried, then mixed with hot melted camel fat (wanak); a symbol of generosity and the greatest honor for guests in Sahrawi culture; the preservation method allows meat to keep for months in the desert heat.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Landjäger

A dry-cured, smoked raw sausage of beef and pork, pressed into a flat rectangle and sold in pairs, eaten as a hiking snack throughout German Switzerland.

🇱🇦Laos

Lao Beef Jerky

ຊີ້ນແຫ້ງ

Strips of beef or buffalo marinated in fish sauce, sugar and chilli, sun-dried and then flash-fried before serving.

🇨🇭Valais, Switzerland

Lard sec du Valais

Lard sec du Valais is Valais pork belly cured with salt and air-dried until the fat is firm and the meat ruby red.

🇮🇹Tuscany, Italy

Lardo di Colonnata

Tuscan cured pork back fat aged in marble vats with herbs and spices. Melt-in-the-mouth, sliced paper-thin on warm bread.

🇮🇪Limerick, Ireland

Limerick Ham

Sweet-cured, spice-glazed ham traditionally served at Easter in Limerick.

🇵🇹Portugal

Lombo branco de Portalegre

Lombo branco de Portalegre is a Portuguese sausage or cured meat from Portalegre District, seasoned and preserved to concentrate its smoky, savory flavor.

🇵🇹Portugal

Lombo enguitado de Portalegre

Lombo enguitado de Portalegre is a Portuguese sausage or cured meat from Portalegre District, seasoned and preserved to concentrate its smoky, savory flavor.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Los Tres Golpes

The 'three hits' of Dominican breakfast: fried salami, fried cheese (queso frito), and fried egg, served with mangú and pickled onions. The national breakfast combo.

🇨🇾Cyprus

Lountza

Λούντζα

Pork tenderloin brined, marinated in red wine and coriander seed, then cold-smoked over aromatic wood.

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Lukanka

Луканка

Flat-pressed dry sausage of pork and veal with cumin, black pepper and savory, air-dried in winter and rolled flat between boards as it cures.

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Lukanka Panagyurska

Луканка Панагюрска

Lukanka Panagyurska is Bulgaria’s PGI flat-pressed dry sausage from Panagyurishte, made from minced meat with cumin and savory. Pressing gives it a broad, firm shape as it air-dries.

🇮🇸Iceland

Lundabaggi

Iceland's sheep's loins wrapped in meat, pressed and cured in lactic acid, a Þorrablót delicacy.

🇲🇴Macao

Macanese Beef Jerky

Niu Rou Gan

Macau's specialty snack; various types from beef, chicken, and pork; smoky, sweet, and savory; free samples are offered at every shop on Travessa da Sé; sold by the slab; a popular souvenir.

🇲🇴Macao

Macanese Pork Jerky

Zhu Rou Fu

Macau's specialty snack; pork jerky in various flavors; smoky, sweet, and savory; sold by the slab; free samples at every shop on Travessa da Sé; a popular souvenir; the pork jerky that is a Macau street food staple.

🇲🇰North Macedonia

Macedonian Pršuta

Пршута

Pork leg or beef salted and air-dried in the mountain villages, sliced thin as a meze with rakija.