Cured Meats
Paliandvitsa
Палендвіца
Belarus
Pork or beef loin dry-cured with salt, garlic and coriander, air-dried for weeks and sliced paper thin.
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What it is
A closer look at Paliandvitsa.
Pork or beef loin dry-cured with salt, garlic and coriander, air-dried for weeks and sliced paper thin.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
The good ones are deep red with a thin white fat edge and no wet sheen. A staple of the home-cured board rather than a shop product.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Paliandvitsa.
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