Baleron
In Polish cuisine, baleron is a cold cut from cured and smoked boneless pork neck [1] After ham, baleron is the second most valued cold cut in Poland.[2]
Preparation
[edit]The Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences summarizes its preparation as follows. It is dry-cured, then immersed in the brine for 8–10 days, then drained, stuffed in a casing, smoked in warm smoke, cooked, and cooled. The cross-section of the final product is marbled meat.[1] Polish sources describe a more complicated process.[3]
Etymology
[edit]Older Polish dictionaries derived the word from the French word paleron for chuck steak.[4] Newer dictionaries derive it from German Ballen-rolle.[5][6]
Registered products
[edit]Several balerons are registered as protected traditional food by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development:
- 2008: Smoked baleron from Masurian butcher shops[7]
- 2008: Baleron nadwieprzański (baleron from the Wieprz River area)[8]
- 2014: Smoked baleron from Proszówki[9]
- 2016: Smoked baleron from Wisznice
- Quote: "Meat from pork neck (after removing the bones), cured, placed in a bladder and smoked, brown in color with a shade of dark cherry, dark pink in cross-section, slightly juicy consistency, soft, salty taste. Smoked necessarily in a smokehouse fired with alder wood."[10]
- 2019: Baleron from Płock[11]
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 Devine, Carrick; Dikeman, M. (19 August 2004). "Polish Baleron". Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences. Academic Press. p. 950. ISBN 9780080924441.
- ↑ Małgorzata Michalik, Marek Łebkowski, Mała encyklopedia sztuki kulinarnej, Wydawnictwo Tenten, 1996, p. 371. ISBN 83-86628-33-2.
- ↑ Kazimierz Stańczyk, Baleron wędzony gotowany, Mięsne Technologie, Spring 2014
- ↑ SŁOWNIK JEŻYKA POLSKIEGO, 1900, Internet Archive
- ↑ Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego, p.181
- ↑ Słownik wyrazów obcych p.105
- ↑ Baleron wędzony z mazurskiej masarni
- ↑ Baleron nadwieprzański
- ↑ Baleron wędzony z Proszówek
- ↑ Lubelskie ze smakiem. Produkty regionalne i tradycyjne, p. 8.
- ↑ "Baleron płocki". Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 May 2021.