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Meat from Turkey, Balkans

Sucuksucuk

dry spicy sausage; average 24.5% protein, 31.5% fat, 35.7% moisture, 3.8% salt. Made in 6 steps over 13 days – 24 days. The longest step, dry until moisture under 40%, takes 10–20 days (Gornooryahovski sudzhuk PGI 2014) and runs at 15–18 °C (Gornooryahovski sudzhuk PGI 2014). lactic acid bacteria and Staphylococcus do most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main step10–20 daysSet[gor-pgi]Dry until moisture under 40%
Temperature15–18 °CSet[gor-pgi]Dry until moisture under 40%
AciditypH 4.9–5Reported[s1]Ferment

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
beef or lamb (horse in Kazakh shujyq)
tail fat or tallow
cumin
garlic
red pepper
salt
nitrite
dextrose
Starter: defined culture (industrial) or spontaneous (home)

Total time across the recorded steps: 13 days – 24 days

Start
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What changes: Meat is coarsely ground and the fat is checked

Step 1 of 6
Pre-grind and test fat
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

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

Related ferments

Variants

  • Bosnian sudžukbeef, often smoked (typical).
  • Kazakh shujyqhorse meat and fat in horse gut (typical).

History and sources

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

Mentioned by Mahmud al-Kashgari (11th century) and Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati (early 14th century).

  1. [s1] Wikipedia, Sujuk, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujukwiki
  2. [gor-pgi] Gornooryahovski sudzhuk PGI, amendment application with single document, OJ C 2014 (CELEX 52014XC0314(01))spec