Bulgaria
Elenski But
Еленски бут
Whole salt-cured pork leg from the town of Elena, dried in mountain air in wooden bins for up to a year and shaved into thin translucent slices.
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Filè Elena
Филе Елена
Whole pork loin dry-cured with salt, savory and pepper into a firm, lean fillet — the leaner cousin of Elenski but from the same Balkan towns.
Bulgaria
Gorna Oryahovitsa Sudzhuk
Горнооряховски суджук
Protected-origin dry sausage from Gorna Oryahovitsa: beef and pork with cumin, pressed into a horseshoe and matured for weeks.
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.
Rhodopes, Bulgaria
Pastarma
Пастърма
Beef or goat pressed flat, salted and air-dried in the cold months, then sliced paper-thin. The mountain villages hang it in the wind rather than smoke it.