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Salam de Nădlac

Salam de Nădlac is a smoked, dried salami of pork and beef with bacon fat, paprika, caraway, pepper and garlic, made at home by the Slovak families of Nădlac in western Romania. Makers say it is best made in November or December and is ready after 60 to 90 days. Romania's agriculture ministry has started registering the name under an EU quality scheme.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Salam de Nădlac itself.

Short entryMeat2 months – 3 months

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo source gives amounts; families use much the same recipe and differ in smoking, keeping and maturing times.
Pork and beef, with bacon fat[agerpres2019]
Paprika, caraway, pepper and garlicOne maker grows his own paprika and says bought paprika would not keep as long[agerpres2019]

Total time across the recorded steps: 2 months – 3 months

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What changes: Pork, beef and bacon fat are minced and seasoned with paprika and garlic

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Mince and season
Time
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Salt
None given
Acidity
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Ideally made in November–December.

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Microbes at work in this step

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Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Salam de Nădlac is a smoked, dried salami of pork and beef with bacon fat, paprika, caraway, pepper and garlic, made at home by the Slovak families of Nădlac in western Romania. Makers say it is best made in November or December and is ready after 60 to 90 days. Romania's agriculture ministry has started registering the name under an EU quality scheme. Made in 4 steps over 2 months – 3 months. The longest step, mature and dry, takes 2–3 months (AGERPRES 2019).

Key numbers
Main step2–3 monthsReported[agerpres2019]Mature and dry

What makes this one different

Salam de Nădlac is a home-made salami of Romania's Slovak minority, close in taste to the salami of Slovak communities in Serbia and Hungary, seasoned with paprika and caraway and made in early winter.

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Safety

Curing, drying and smoking alone do not consistently kill Trichinella worms in pork (CDC). Freezing pork less than 6 inches thick for 20 days at 5 °F (-15 °C) kills any worms. CDC tells people who are pregnant, 65 or older or have a weakened immune system to avoid unheated fermented or dry sausages, or to heat them until steaming hot.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

Makers date it to 1803, when Slovaks settled in Nădlac; home salami-making in the town is said to go back to the 14th century. The town's dry-salami festival held its third edition in 2019.

  1. [agerpres2019] AGERPRES 2019, Reportaj, Festivalul salamului uscat tradiţional de la Nădlac, produs de familiile de slovaci din localitate (4 May 2019)web
  2. [economedia-nadlac] Economedia, Un nou produs românesc va obține certificare europeană – Salamul de Nădlac (report of the Ministry of Agriculture announcement)web
  3. [cdc-trichinella] US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, How to Prevent Trichinellosis (12 March 2024)gov
  4. [cdc-listeria] US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Preventing Listeria Infectiongov