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Urutanurutan

Urutan is Bali's dry fermented sausage of lean pork and spices. Unlike European dry sausages it ferments in warm conditions, at about 25 °C at night and up to about 50 °C during sun drying. In a study with starter cultures, Lactobacillus plantarum led the first 48 hours and pediococci took over later.

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

Short entryMeat5 days

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo source read gives a recipe or amounts.
Lean pork[antara2004]
Various spicesNo source read gives the spice list or amounts[antara2004]
Starterspontaneous (local lactic strains tested as starters)

Total time across the recorded steps: 5 days

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What changes: Lean pork is minced and mixed with spices

Step 1 of 3
Mince lean pork and mix with spices
Time
Not documented
Temperature
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Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactobacilli
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

At a glance

Urutan is Bali's dry fermented sausage of lean pork and spices. Unlike European dry sausages it ferments in warm conditions, at about 25 °C at night and up to about 50 °C during sun drying. In a study with starter cultures, Lactobacillus plantarum led the first 48 hours and pediococci took over later. Made in 3 steps over 5 days. The longest step, ferment and sun-dry, takes 5 days (Antara N.S 2004) and runs at 25–50 °C (Antara N.S 2004). Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (the dominant lactic acid bacterium among strains isolated from natural urutan fermentation), followed later by Pediococcus acidilactici, in urutan made with these two strains as starters does most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main step5 daysReported[antara2004]Ferment and sun-dry
Temperature25–50 °CReported[antara2004]Ferment and sun-dry

What makes this one different

Urutan ferments warm and in the sun, with daily swings from about 25 °C to 50 °C, unlike the cool, controlled ripening of European dry sausages.

Related ferments

Safety

This page records a practice; it is not a method to follow. In the starter-culture study the paired lactic strains removed Enterobacteriaceae within 24 hours, but that was a trial with added starters and does not show the traditional sausage is safe. No source read gives the pH or salt of traditional urutan. It is raw pork held at about 25–50 °C, inside the range where CDC says bacteria multiply quickly. Raw pork can also carry Trichinella worms, and CDC says curing, drying or smoking alone does not reliably kill them. Cook it through before eating.

Hazards the sources name: Enterobacteriaceae (eliminated after 24 h with the starter cultures).

History and sources

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

  1. [antara2004] Antara N.S., Sujaya I.N., Yokota A., Asano K., Tomita F. 2004, Effects of indigenous starter cultures on the microbial and physicochemical characteristics of Urutan, a Balinese fermented sausage, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 98(2):92-98 (abstract)paper
  2. [cdc-food-safety] US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Preventing Food Poisoninggov
  3. [cdc-trichinella] US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, How to Prevent Trichinellosisgov