Pastirma is a heavily seasoned, air-dried cured meat, typically water buffalo or beef, that is found in multiple Balkan and Mediterranean cuisines under a variety of names.
Pastrami or pastromi is a type of cured meat in Jewish-American cuisine, originating in the Jewish community of Romania and surrounding regions, and usually made from beef brisket. The raw meat is bri
Pastirma
…pastourma". The Oxford Companion for Food says that a Byzantine dried meat delicacy was "a forerunner of the pastirma of modern Turkey". The English word pastrami came by way of Yiddish and perhaps combined with the word salami. Pastirma is prepared by salting the meat, then washing it with water and letting it…